mendaces
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mendax, (gen.), mendacis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lying, false; deceitful; counterfeit;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Vidularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quam servi tui cibique minimi maxumaque industria, minime mendace, em me licet conducere. DIN. Non edepol equidem credo..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...omnes palam damnet; loquatur aurum et argentum fundosque mendaces et perpetuam terrarum sterilitatem; sedeat praeterea quotidie ad rationes..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Violentillaeque professus clamaretur hymen. cedant curaeque metusque, cessent mendaces obliqui carminis astus, fama tace: subiit leges et frena..."Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...dies advenerit?' XVII. Ovis Canis et Lupus Solent mendaces luere poenas malefici.Calumniator ab ove cum peteret canis,quem..."