menda
From LSJ
Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
menda: ae, f. v. mendum,
I a fault, defect, blemish of the body (poet. and postAug.).
I Lit.: in toto nusquam corpore menda fuit, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte latent mendae, id. A. A. 1, 249.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
menda,¹³ æ, f., tache sur le corps, défaut physique : Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18 ; Ars 1, 249 || faute, erreur [de langage, de copiste] : Suet. Aug. 87 ; Gell. 20, 6, 14.
