mendax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from mentior (“I lie, deceive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”), whence mendum and menda.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.daːks/, [ˈmɛn.daːks]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.daks/, [ˈmen.daks], [ˈmɛn.daks]

Adjective

mendāx (genitive mendācis); third declension

  1. deceitful, lying, deceptive, untruthful, false, mendacious, feigned, not real.

Inflection

Note that mendāce is an alternative form for the ablative singular mendācī Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative mendāx mendācēs mendācia
genitive mendācis mendācium
dative mendācī mendācibus
accusative mendācem mendāx mendācēs mendācia
ablative mendācī mendācibus
vocative mendāx mendācēs mendācia
  • comparative: mendācior, superlative: mendācissimus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • mendāciloquium
  • mendāciloquus
  • mendāciunculum

Descendants

Noun

mendāx m (genitive mendācis); third declension

  1. liar

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mendāx mendācēs
genitive mendācis mendācum
dative mendācī mendācibus
accusative mendācem mendācēs
ablative mendāce mendācibus
vocative mendāx mendācēs

References

  • mendax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mendax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mendax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
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