fallō fefellī, falsus, ere
1 FAL-,
to trip, cause to fall
: glacies fallit pedes, L.: alqm, Cu.—Fig.,
to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude, fail, disappoint
: alquem dolis, T.: falli te sinas Techinis, T.: Nec sidus
regione viae (nos) fefellit,
misled
, V.: credentem puellam, O.:
sui fallendi causā factum, Cs.:
nisi me forte fallo: nisi me fallit animus: nisi me omnia
fallunt,
unless I utterly mistake
: neque eum prima opinio fefellit, Cs.:
nisi quid me fallit: mentīs monstro,
V.: cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut, etc.: non
in sortitione fallere: ne falleret bis relata eadem res,
lead into error
, L.: ut de indutiis fallendo
impetrarent, Cs.: numquam fallentis termes
olivae, H.: nescia fallere vita,
without guile
, V.: eas fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,
T.—Pass
reflex., to be deceived, err, mistake, deceive oneself
: Falsus es, T.: neque ea res falsum me habuit,
did not deceive me
, S.: errore quodam fallimur: quā (spe)
possumus falli: deus falli quo potuit?: nisi fallor, V.:
aut ego fallor,
or I am far wrong
, H.—Impers., with acc,
to mistake, be deceived
: nisi me fallit: nec eum fefellit.—
To violate, break, betray, deceive, disappoint
: fidem hosti datam: meam spem: si res opinionem meam
fefellerit: mandata mariti, O.: foedus ac
fidem, L.: promissum,
Cu.: tu faciem illius Falle dolo,
put on
, V.: retia,
avoid
, O.: quā signa sequendi Falleret
error,
confound
, V.—
To deceive in swearing, swear falsely, be perjured
: si sciens fallo: si falleret, precatus Deos, ita se
mactarent, L.: expedit matris cineres
opertos Fallere,
swear falsely by
, H.: dominorum dextras,
faith pledged to
, etc., V.—
To lie concealed, be unseen, escape notice, remain undiscovered, elude
: per biennium, L.: ne quid falleret Volturno ad urbem missum, L.: ne falleret ad urbem incedens,
arrive secretly
, L.: qui natus moriensque fefellit,
in obscurity
, H.: veneno,
infuse undetected
, V.: bonus longe fallente
sagittā, V.: nequiquam fallis
dea,
escape recognition
, V.: neque hoc te fallit, quam multa
sint, etc.,
nor do you fail to see
: custodes, L.: deos, O.: nec nos via fallet
euntīs, V.: me nec fallunt iussa
Iovis,
nor do I fail to recognize
, V.: nec quicquam eos fallebat,
L.: segetis fides meae Fulgentem Falli sorte
beatior, i. e.
is a happier lot, though he knows it not
, etc., H.: neutros fefellit hostīs
appropinquare, L.: in lege nullā
esse eiusmodi caput te non fallit: neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin,
etc., Cs.—
To lighten, appease, silence, beguile
: medias sermonibus horas, O.: somno curam, H.: austerum studio
fallente laborem, H.
