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mendax , dācis, adj. mentior,
I.given to lying, mendacious; subst., a liar.
I. Lit.: “mendacem esse adversus aliquem,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188: “cum mendaci homini, ne verum quidem dicenti, credere soleamus,Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146: “Carthaginienses fraudulenti et mendaces,id. Agr. 2, 35, 95: “aretalogus,Juv. 15, 16.—As subst.: mendax , dācis, m., a liar.—Prov.: “mendacem memorem esse oportet,a liar should have a good memory, Quint. 4, 2, 91.— Comp.: “Parthis mendacior,Hor. Ep 2, 1, 112.—Sup.: “mendacissimus,the greatest liar, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 48.—With gen.: “si hujus rei me mendacem esse inveneris,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 4.—With dat.: “saepe fui mendax pro te mihi,Ov. H. 2, 11.—With in and acc.: “in parentem,Hor. C. 3, 11, 35; for which adversum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188.— With in and abl.: “in tenui farragine,Pers. 5, 77.—
II. Transf., of inanim, and abstr. things, lying, false, deceptive; feigned, fictitious, counterfeit, not real, etc. (mostly poet.): “mendacia visa,Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127: “speculum,Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 38: “fundus,that does not yield the expected fruits, Hor. C. 3, 1, 30: “damnum,Ov. A. A. 1, 431: “infamia,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 39: “os,Tib. 3, 6, 35: “pennae,Ov. M. 10, 159: “quidquid Graecia mendax audet in historia,Juv. 10, 174.—Hence, adv.: mendācĭter , falsely, mendaciously (post-class.): “praedicare,Sol. 1, 87.— Sup.: “mendacissime dicere,Aug. Mor. Eccl. 1, 17.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.35.95
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.159
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.4
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 5.2
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.2
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.62
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.71
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.91
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.7
    • Persius, Saturae, 5
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