ementitus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ementior, ementiri, ementitus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lie, feign, falsify, invent;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quam ob rem? CHARM. Quia illum quem ementitus es, ego sum ipsus Charmides, quem tibi epistulas dedisse aiebas..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...centuria?" Cum constantissime et centurionem et legionem essem ementitus: "Age ergo, inquit ille, in exercitu vestro phaecasiati milites..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Nileus, qui se genitum septemplice Nilo ementitus erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem argento partim, partim caelaverat auro, 'adspice..."