mendax
Latin
Etymology
Derived from mentior (“I lie, deceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”), whence mendum and menda.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.daːks/, [ˈmɛn.daːks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.daks/, [ˈmen.daks], [ˈmɛn.daks]
Adjective
mendāx (genitive mendācis); third declension
- deceitful, lying, deceptive, untruthful, false, mendacious, feigned, not real.
Inflection
Note that mendāce is an alternative form for the ablative singular mendācī Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mendāx | mendāx | mendācēs | mendācia | |
Genitive | mendācis | mendācis | mendācium | mendācium | |
Dative | mendācī | mendācī | mendācibus | mendācibus | |
Accusative | mendācem | mendāx | mendācēs | mendācia | |
Ablative | mendācī | mendācī | mendācibus | mendācibus | |
Vocative | mendāx | mendāx | mendācēs | mendācia |
- comparative: mendācior, superlative: mendācissimus
Synonyms
- (false, lying): dēceptōrius, fallāx, falsus
Derived terms
- mendācitās
- mendāciter
- mendācium
Related terms
- mendāciloquium
- mendāciloquus
- mendāciunculum
Descendants
- English: mendacious
- Italian: mendace
- Portuguese: mendace, mendaz
- Spanish: mendaz
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | 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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