mendosus
λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mendōsus: a, um, adj. mendum.
I Full of faults, fauity.
A Physically, full of faults or blemishes: equi facies, Ov. M. 12, 399.—
B In gen., erroneous, incorrect (class.): mendosum exemplar testamenti, Plin. Ep. 10, 75: mendosum est, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83: mores, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1.—Comp.: historia mendosior, Cic. Brut. 16, 62.—
II Transf.
A That commits faults, makes mistakes: cur servus societatis, qui tabulas conficeret, semper in Verrucii nomine certo ex loco mendosus esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188.—
B False, deceptive: mendosum for mendose, adverbially, falsely: mendosum tinnire, Pers. 5, 106.—Hence, adv.: mendōsē, full of faults, faultily, falsely (class.): libri mendose scribuntur, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 6: mendose colligis, Pers. 5, 85.— Sup.: ars mendosissime scripta, Cic. Inv. 1, 6, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mendōsus,¹³ a, um (mendum),
1 plein de défauts, de tares [physiquement] : Ov. M. 12, 399
2 défectueux, fautif : mendosum est Cic. de Or. 2, 83, c’est une défectuosité ; mendosior Cic. Br. 62, plus défectueux ; -sissimus Aug. Ep. 120, 1 || défectueux [moralt] : Hor. S. 1, 6, 66
3 qui fait des fautes : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 188
4 n. pris advt, d’une façon trompeuse, décevante : Pers. 5, 106.
