Usages of falsus
Frater discipulum stultum vocat, quia rumorem falsum credit.
The brother calls the student foolish, because he believes a false rumor.
Pater dicit iustum iudicem rumorem falsum non sequi.
Father says that a just judge does not follow a false rumor.
Sed mater respondet rumorem saepe falsum esse et rationem quaeri oportere.
But mother answers that a rumor is often false and that the reason ought to be sought.
Si femina innocens est, crimen falsum maxima iniuria est.
If the woman is innocent, a false accusation is a very great injustice.
Si cives rumoribus falsis non resistunt, fama mala celeriter crescit.
If the citizens do not resist false rumors, a bad report grows quickly.
Testis iurat crimen falsum esse.
The witness swears that the accusation is false.
Pater dicit talem rumorem saepe falsum esse.
Father says that such a rumor is often false.
Quidquid ceteri dicunt, haec discipula potius magistrae quam rumori falso credit.
Whatever the others say, this female student trusts the teacher rather than a false rumor.
Magistra discipulis narrat reum aequum iudicium sperare debere, non rumorem falsum timere.
The teacher tells the students that an accused person ought to hope for a fair trial, not fear a false rumor.
Vulgus interdum falsae famae cito cedit.
The common crowd sometimes yields quickly to a false rumor.
Avus dicit famam de bello saepe falsam esse.
Grandfather says that the rumor about the war is often false.
Magistra dicit impium esse parentes contemnere, sicut nefas sit falsum iurare.
The teacher says that it is impious to despise one’s parents, just as it is wrong to swear falsely.
Sic discipuli, cum historias inter se comparent et testimonia personarum diligenter audiant, facilius intellegunt quid sit verum et quid falsum.
Thus the students, when they compare stories with one another and listen carefully to the testimonies of the characters, understand more easily what is true and what is false.
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