"faux" meaning in Latin

See faux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfau̯ks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfau̯ks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to Ancient Greek χᾰ́ος (khắos, “abyss; chasm”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{cog|grc|χᾰ́ος||abyss; chasm}} Ancient Greek χᾰ́ος (khắos, “abyss; chasm”) Head templates: {{la-noun|faux<3.I.F>}} faux f (genitive faucis); third declension, {{tlb|la|rare|poetic|or|LL.}} (rare, poetic or Late Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|faux<3.I>}} Forms: faucis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], faux [nominative, singular], faucēs [nominative, plural], faucis [genitive, singular], faucium [genitive, plural], faucī [dative, singular], faucibus [dative, plural], faucem [accusative, singular], faucēs [accusative, plural], faucīs [accusative, plural], fauce [ablative, singular], faucibus [ablative, plural], faux [singular, vocative], faucēs [plural, vocative], fōx [alternative]
  1. singular of faucēs (“throat; gorge”) Tags: Late-Latin, declension-3, feminine, form-of, poetic, rare, singular Form of: faucēs (extra: throat; gorge) Derived forms (see): fōx
    Sense id: en-faux-la-noun-yPBFiPQP Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms with variable monophthongization, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 9 1 1 0 8 1 3 16 29 29 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 1 0 0 13 1 2 22 24 25 0 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "faucium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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          "faucīs",
          "faucis#Latin"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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          "faucēs",
          "fauces#Latin"
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        "vocative"
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          "text": "Mollis inertia cur tantam diffuderit imis\noblivionem sensibus,\npocula Lethaeos ut si ducentia somnos\narente fauce traxerim,\ncandide Maecenas, occidis Saepe rogando:[…]",
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          "ref": "c. 420 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Tardae passiones 2.127",
          "text": "Qui sunt loci, ex quibus sanguis fluit? loci sunt plurimi: summitas faucium, arteria asperior, quae etiam faux nuncupatur,[…]",
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      "ipa": "[ˈfau̯ks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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    "nrf:Tools"
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    {
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    }
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          "ref": "c. 420 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Tardae passiones 2.127",
          "text": "Qui sunt loci, ex quibus sanguis fluit? loci sunt plurimi: summitas faucium, arteria asperior, quae etiam faux nuncupatur,[…]",
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}

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