captiosus
captiosus, fallacious, deceptive
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captiosissimo neuter ablative singular superlative, masculine dative singular superlative, neuter dative singular superlative, masculine ablative singular superlative of captiosus
captĭōsus, a, um, adj. [captio].
- Fallacious, deceptive: societas, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29: beneficium, Dig. 46, 5, 8 pr.: liberalitas, ib. 2, 15, 8.—Comp., Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 52.—
- II (Acc. to captio, I. B.) Captious, sophistical (most freq. in Cic.): animi fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 15, 46; so Gell. 16, 2, 13: probabilitas, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72: genus, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 16, 49; so in sup., id. ib.—Subst.: captĭōsa, ōrum, n., sophisms, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22.—Adv.: cap-tĭōsē, captiously, insidiously: interrogare, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 29, 94.
captiōsus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (captio), I) betrügerisch, o societatem captiosam et indignam! Cic.: quo nihil captiosius neque indignius dici potest, Cic. – II) verfänglich, sophistisch, fallaces et captiosae interrogationes, Cic.: interrogationes c., sententiae c., Gell.: c. verba, Sen.: captiosissimo genere interrogationis uti, Cic. – subst., captiōsa, ōrum, n. = Trugschlüsse, c. solvere, Cic. de fin. 1, 22.
dialecticis artibus imbuta et ~is sillogismi conclusionibus instructa
qui ~is exercitantur tota vita sermonibus, qui capere et capi vix possunt
~am plane intelligo interpretationem qua liberalitas artatur aut ampliatur in quodcumque prejudicium donatorii vel etiam donatoris
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captĭōsus, (14) a, um (captio), trompeur : o societatem captiosam et indignam ! Cic. Com. 29, ô la fourberie, lʼindignité de cette association ! || captieux, sophistique : nihil captiosius Cic. Com. 52, rien de plus captieux ; captiosissimo genere interrogationis uti Cic. Ac. 2, 49, employer la forme la plus captieuse dʼargumentation [le sorite] ; pl. n. , les sophismes : Cic. Fin. 1, 22.
- 1. bedrieglijk, sluw [societas; beneficium];
- 2. lastig, netelig [interrogatio; probabilitas].
captiōsus adj.with comp.and sup.
- captio, fallacious, deceptive: societas. — Sophistical, misleading: quo nihil captiosius potest dici: captiosissimum genus interrogationis: captiosa solvere, detect sophisms.