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mendax
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Latin
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”), whence also mendum and menda, plus -āx. Original meaning was "faulty" and was shifted towards "deceitful" under the influence of mentior (“I lie”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛn.daːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛn̪.d̪aks]
Adjective
mendāx (genitive mendācis, comparative mendācior, superlative mendācissimus, adverb mendāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- deceitful, lying, deceptive, untruthful, false, mendacious, feigned, not real.
Declension
Note that mendāce is an alternative form for the ablative singular mendācī
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Synonyms
- (false, lying): dēceptōrius, fallāx, falsus, levis
Antonyms
Derived terms
- mendācitās
- mendāciter
- mendācium
Related terms
- mendāciloquium
- mendāciloquus
- mendāciunculum
Descendants
- → English: mendacious
- Italian: mendace
- Portuguese: mendace, mendaz
- Spanish: mendaz
Noun
mendāx m (genitive mendācis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “mendax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mendax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mendax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
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