fallō

fallō fefellī, falsus, ere Source etymology: 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.