captiosus

To believe that Shakspeare borrowed his _captious_ in this sense, from the Latin _captiosus_, we must suppose that he was well acquainted with the exact sense of the Latin word; a supposition which, in regard to a man who had _small Latin_, we can scarcely be justified in entertaining.

Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 Various

The Latin analogous to it in this sense would be, not _capax_, or MR. SINGER'S _captiosus_, but _captax_, or

Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 Various

Cicero, I believe, uses _fallax_ and _captiosus_ as distinct, not as synonymous, terms.

Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

Latin _captiosus_, and of its congeners in Italian and old French, is

Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852