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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fallacy:
      1. 1. captio, ōnis, f. (a catch, sophism): to explode f.s, captiones discutere, Cic.: all f.s of that kind are refuted in the same manner, omnes captiones istius generis eodem modo refelluntur, Cic.: to expose a f., captionem explicare, Cic.
      2. 2. vĭtium (a flaw in the argument): there is a f. in the argument, vitium est in argumento, Cic. Phr.: the argument is an entire f., omnino totum falsum est argumentum, Cic.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FALLACY
  • Fallaciousness [Vid. DECEIT, DECEPTION].
  • Sophism, sophisma, -atis, neuter: conclusiuncula fallax: cavillatio: captio dialectica or sophistica (SYN. in SOPHISM). To detect a fallacy, sophisma diluere; captionem refellere or discutere.