mendax

Latin > English

mendax (gen.), mendacis ADJ :: lying, false; deceitful; counterfeit

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mendāx,¹⁰ ācis (mendum), adj.
1 menteur : Cic. Div. 2, 146 ; Agr. 2, 95 ; de Or. 2, 51 ; [m. pris subst^t] Cic. Com. 46 || -dacior Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112 ; -cissimus Pl. Rud. 754 || [avec gén.] à propos de qqch. : Pl. As. 855 || alicui Ov. H. 2, 11 ; in aliquem Hor. O. 3, 11, 35, à l’égard de qqn
2 [en parl. de choses] menteur, mensonger, trompeur, faux : Cic. Div. 2, 127 ; Hor. O. 3, 1, 30 ; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 38 ; Juv. 10, 174.

Latin > German (Georges)

mendāx, ācis (mentior), I) der gern Erdichtetes, Unwahres vorgibt, unwahr, lügenhaft, α) absol. (Ggstz. verus): homo mendax, Cic., u. subst. bl. mendax, der Lügner, Cic.: verb. ventosus et mendax, Sen.: sprichw. s. memorno. I, B, 3. – invenior Parthis mendacior, Hor. – tum ego ero mendacissimus, der größte Lügner, ein Erzlügner, Plaut. – β) mit Genet.: si huius rei me mendacem inveneris, Plaut. asin. 855: asinus mendax fictae debilitatis, Apul. met. 6, 31. – γ) m. Dat. pers. u. m. pro u. Abl.: saepe fui mendax pro te mihi, Ov. her. 2, 11. – δ) m. adversum od. in u. Akk.: me advorsum, Plaut. Poen. 400: in parentem, Hor. carm. 3, 11, 35. – ε) m. in u. Abl.: in tenui farragine, Pers. 5, 77. – II) übtr., v. Lebl., lügenhaft, d.i. a) betrügerisch, betrüglich, täuschend, visa, Cic.: speculum, Ov.: somnus, Tibull.: forma, Ov.: fundus, der die Hoffnungen des Bebauers täuscht (indem er weniger trägt, als man erwartete), Hor. – b) falsch, erdichtet, ungegründet, damnum, Ov.: infamia, Hor. – c) nachgeahmt, nachgemacht, os, Tibull.: pennae, Ov.

Translations

Albanian: gënjeshtar; Arabic: كَاذِب‎, كَاذِبَة‎, كَذَّاب‎, كَذَّابَة‎, كَذُوب‎, كَذُوبَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: كداب‎; Gulf Arabic: چَذَّاب‎; Hijazi Arabic: كَذَّاب‎, نَصَّاب‎, بَكَّاش‎; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܟܕܒܐ‎, ܟܕܒܬܐ‎, ܕܓܠܐ‎, ܕܓܠܬܐ‎; Armenian: ստախոս, սուտասան, խաբեբա; Aromanian: minciunos, minciunoasã; Azerbaijani: yalançı; Bashkir: алдаҡсы; Basque: gezur; Belarusian: ілгун, ілгунья, брахун, брахуха, хлус, хлуселька, враль; Bikol Central Bikol Legazpi: utikon; Bulgarian: лъжец, лъжкиня, лъ́жльо; Catalan: mentider, mentidera; Cebuano: bakakon; Cherokee: ᎦᏰᎪᎩ; Chinese Mandarin: 說謊者, 说谎者; Czech: lhář, lhářka; Dalmatian: boscurd; Danish: løgner; Dutch: leugenaar, leugenaarster; Esperanto: mensogulo, mensogulino; Estonian: valetaja, valevorst; Even: өлэк; Ewe: aʋatsokala; Finnish: valehtelija; French: menteur, menteuse; Galician: mentirán, mentirana, mentireiro, mentireira, troleiro, troleira; Georgian: მატყუარა; German: Lügner, Lügnerin; Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰; Greek: ψεύτης, ψεύτρα; Ancient Greek: ψεύστης; Hebrew: שקרן / שַׁקְרָן‎, שקרנית \ שַׁקְרָנִית‎; Hindi: झूठा; Hungarian: hazug; Icelandic: lygari; Indonesian: pembohong; Irish: bréagadóir, bréagach, scaitseálaí, éitheoir; Italian: bugiardo, bugiarda, mentitore, mentitrice; Jamaican Creole: liyad; Japanese: 嘘つき; Kazakh: жалғаншы, кәззап, өтірікші; Khmer: កំភរ, មនុស្សកុហក, មនុស្សភរ, អ្នកភរ; Kikuyu: mũheenania Korean: 거짓말쟁이; Kurdish Central Kurdish: درۆزن‎; Kyrgyz: калпычы, жалганчы; Ladino Latin: mintirozo, mintiroza; Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ຕົວະ, ຄົນຕົວະ, ຄົນໂກຫົກ, ຂີ້ຕົວະ, ຂີ້ລ່າຽ; Latin: mendax, falsus; Latvian: melis, mele; Lithuanian: melagis, melagė; Macedonian: лажго, лажга, лажливец, лажливка, лажач, лажачка; Malay: penipu, pembohong; Maltese: giddieb; Manx: breagerey, breageyder; Maori: rūkahu, rūpahu, arero horihori, arero hīanga, arero teka; Middle English: lier, losengeour; Mongolian Cyrillic: худалч хүн; Navajo: biyoochʼídí; Ngazidja Comorian: mndru wa ndrabo; Norman: mensongi, menteux; Norwegian Bokmål: løgner, løgnhals; Nynorsk: lygnar, løgnar, lygnhals, løgnhals; Old French: menteor; Persian: دروغگو‎, دروزن‎; Plautdietsch: Läajna; Polish: kłamca, łgarz, kłamczuch, kłamczucha; Portuguese: mentiroso, mentirosa; Romanian: mincinos, mincinoasă; Russian: лгун, лгунья, лжец, врун, врунья, обманщик, обманщица, врунишка, враль, брехун, брехунья, брехло, трепло, пиздабол, пиздаплёт, пиздун, пиздунья; Scottish Gaelic: breugaire, breugadair, breugaiche; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ла̀жов, ла̀жљивац, ла̀жљивица; Roman: làžov, làžljivac, làžljivica; Sicilian: mbrugghiuni, trastularu; Slovak: klamár, klamárka; Slovene: lažnívec, lažnivka; Southern Altai: јалганча; Spanish: mentiroso, mentirosa, embustero, embustera; Swahili: mwongo; Swedish: lögnare; Tagalog: sinungaling, echosera, charotera; Tajik: дурӯғгӯй, каззоб; Tatar: ялганчы; Telugu: అబద్ధాలకోరు; Thai: ผู้มุสา, คนโกหก, คนพูดปด, คนพูดเท็จ; Tibetan: ཀྱག་རྗུན་ཤོད་མཁན; Turkish: yalancı; Turkmen: ýalançy, aldawçy; Ukrainian: брехун, брехуха, брехунка, брехло; Urdu: جھوٹھا‎; Uyghur: يالغانچى‎; Uzbek: yolgʻonchi; Vietnamese: kẻ nói dối, kẻ nói láo, kẻ nói điêu; Volapük: lugan, hilugan, jilugan; Welsh: celwyddgi; Yiddish: ליגנער‎, שקרן‎, כּזבֿן‎, דובֿר־שקרים‎, ליגנערין‎, ליגנערקע‎, שקרנטע‎, כּזבֿנטע‎

Latin > Chinese

mendax, acis. adj. c. s. :: 謊者。詐言者。— fundus 外飾肥腴之田。