mendacium

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From mendāx (“lying, untruthful”).

Noun [edit]

mendācium (genitive mendāciī); n, second declension

  1. A lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction.
  2. An illusion, counterfeit.

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative mendācium mendācia
genitive mendāciī mendāciōrum
dative mendāciō mendāciīs
accusative mendācium mendācia
ablative mendāciō mendāciīs
vocative mendācium mendācia

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References [edit]

  • mendacium in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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