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

Adjective

mendāx (genitive mendācis, comparative mendācior, superlative mendācissimus, adverb mendāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. 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.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative mendāx mendācēs mendācia
genitive mendācis mendācium
dative mendācī mendācibus
accusative mendācem mendāx mendācēs mendācia
ablative mendācī mendācibus
vocative mendāx mendācēs mendācia

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Descendants

  • → English: mendacious
  • Italian: mendace
  • Portuguese: mendace, mendaz
  • Spanish: mendaz

Noun

mendāx m (genitive mendācis); third declension

  1. liar

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mendāx mendācēs
genitive mendācis mendācum
dative mendācī mendācibus
accusative mendācem mendācēs
ablative mendāce mendācibus
vocative mendāx mendācēs

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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