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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *sgʷʰh₂el-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfaɫ.soː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfal.so]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''falsō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative of [[m|la|falsus|t=false]] used as an adverb;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨falsus⟩ is the participle of [[m|la|fallō|t=to deceive]].^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan derives ⟨fallō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*fal-s-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*sgʷʰh₂el-|t=to stumble]], cognate with [[grc|σφάλλω|tr=sphállō|t=to bring down]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has “the other twin is said to have been killed by mistake”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is erroneously or mistakenly, as Terence's women wrongly suspected, Cicero's “even if you are falsely accused” and Livy's son whose death was falsely reported.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also untruthfully, with intent to deceive, as Plautus' “would you rather be blamed falsely than praised truly?” and Sallust's men who made Caesar's name be falsely mentioned.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a mistaken report.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of false blame.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of wrong suspicion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a false report of death.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|wrongly|alt=Wrongly]], mistakenly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|falsely|alt=Falsely]], untruthfully, deceitfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[falsus]]

+ * [[fallō]]

+ * [[perperam]]

+ * [[falsē]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein sets ''perperam'', what is objectively incorrect, against ''falsō'', what is mistaken on the speaker's part; acting ''falsō'' rests on error and self-deceit, while ''falsē'' and ''fallāciter'' go against better knowledge.^(Döderlein 1874) A late verb ''falsō'', “to falsify”, is used of weights and measures in the Digest and of heretics' tampering with Scripture in Ambrose and Jerome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}