false Copy link Outline I. Untrue1. falsus2. commentīcius (made up)II. Spurious, not genuine1. fictus2. ădultĕrīnus (counterfeit)3. ădulter, ĕra, ĕrum (poet.)4. subdĭtus (falsely and wrongly substituted)5. fūcātus (lit. coloured as with rouge or paint6. fūcōsus (= fucatus)7. falsus (rare) • false: I. Untrue: 1. falsus: f. accusations, f. crimina, Hor.: that is altogether f., f. est id totum, Cic.: f. witnesses, f. testes, Cic.: would that I may prove a f. prophet, utinam vates f. sim! Liv.: from the f., the truth cannot be deduced, ex falsis verum effici non potest, Cic.: they prosecute f. claims by f. testimonies, f. lites f. testimoniis petunt, Pl.: f. hope, spes f., Cic. 2. commentīcius (made up): a f. charge, crimen c., Cic.: v. fictitious, deceitful, unfounded. II. Spurious, not genuine: 1. fictus: in friendship there is nothing f., nothing pretended, in amicitia nihil f. est, nihil simulatum, Cic.: imaginary and f. gods, commenticii et f. dii, Cic. 2. ădultĕrīnus (counterfeit): f. keys, claves a., Sall.: f. seals, signa a., Cic.: f. coin, nummi a., Cic. 3. ădulter, ĕra, ĕrum (poet.): a f. key, a. clavis, Ov. 4. subdĭtus (falsely and wrongly substituted): a f. will, s. testamentum, Tac.: v. FORGED. 5. fūcātus (lit. coloured as with rouge or paint: hence, showy, but not genuine): to separate the f. and pretended from the sincere and genuine, f. et simulata a sinceris atque veris secernere, Cic.: a natural and not a f. brilliancy, naturalis non f. nitor, Cic. 6. fūcōsus (= fucatus): f. (i. e. counterfeit) friendships, f. amicitiae, Cic. 7. falsus (rare): by the water of the f. Simois, f. Simoëntis ad undam, Virg. Aen. 3, 302: v. counterfeit.