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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=menda mendae N F :: bodily defect, blemish; fault, error (usu. in writing)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>menda</b>: ae, f. v. [[mendum]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[fault]], [[defect]], [[blemish]] of the [[body]] ([[poet]]. and postAug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: in toto [[nusquam]] corpore [[menda]] fuit, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte [[latent]] mendae, id. A. A. 1, 249.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[mistake]], [[error]], [[blunder]], in [[writing]], in books, a [[slip]] of the [[pen]], Suet. Aug. 87: mendae istins [[indoles]], Gell. 20, 6, 14; 1, 7, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>menda</b>,¹³ æ, f., tache sur le corps, défaut physique : Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18 ; Ars 1, 249 &#124;&#124; faute, erreur [de langage, de copiste] : Suet. Aug. 87 ; Gell. 20, 6, 14.||faute, erreur [de langage, de copiste] : Suet. Aug. 87 ; Gell. 20, 6, 14.
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{{Georges
|georg=menda, ae, f., s. [[mendum]].
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