ementitus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ementior, ementiri, ementitus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lie, feign, falsify, invent;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quam ob rem? CHARM. Quia illum quem ementitus es, ego sum ipsus Charmides, quem tibi epistulas dedisse aiebas..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...centuria?" Cum constantissime et centurionem et legionem essem ementitus: "Age ergo, inquit ille, in exercitu vestro phaecasiati milites..." - P
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..."