[90] Gessimus nomen decusque, like “gerere honorem,” “auctoritatem,” &c. ‘Pellacis,’ Med., Gud. corrected, Serv., Donatus on Ter. Phorm. 1. 2. 17, Velius Longus, p. 2227 P. ‘Fallacis,’ Pal., Gud. originally, probably Verona palimpsest, Charisius, p. 52. Comp. G. 4. 443. Macleane on Hor. Od. 3. 7. 20, in resisting Bentley's unauthorized attempt to substitute “pellax” for “fallax,” throws a doubt on the very existence of the former word, as not deducible from “pellicere;” Germanus however suggests that it may come from “pello,” the verb of which “appello,” “compello,” “interpello,” are compounds, and quotes a legal term “virgines appellare.” The word is also found in Auson. Epitaph. 12. 4, and Arnob. pp. 58, 231.
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