ementior
Λεύσσετε, Θήβης οἱ κοιρανίδαι τὴν βασιλειδᾶν μούνην λοιπήν, οἷα πρὸς οἵων ἀνδρῶν πάσχω → See, you leaders of Thebes, what sorts of things I, its last princess, suffer at the hands of such men
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-mentĭor: ītus, 4,
I v. dep. a., to put forth or utter falsely, to feign, fabricate, pretend (class.): quae dixisti modo, Omnia ementitus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 255: aliquid, Cic. Balb. 2, 5; id. Phil. 2, 33, 83; id. Opt. Gen. 7, 21; Sall. C. 49, 4; Liv. 9, 18; 21, 63, 5 al.—And with acc. and inf. as object, Cic. Planc. 30, 73; Liv. 1, 8; Suet. Calig. 51; Tac. A. 2, 66; 13, 47; id. H. 2, 42 al.; also: aliquem, to feign being any one, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 143; Petr. 82, 3.—Absol.: ego haec omnia Chrysogonum fecisse dico, ut ementiretur, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 44; id. Div. 1, 9; Suet. Caes. 66; cf.: alii ementiti sunt in eos, quos oderant, Cic. Part. 14, 50: concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis, to depart from truth, id. Brut. 11, 42.!*? ēmentītus, a, um, in pass. signif., forged, fabricated, pretended, C. Memmius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Cic. Phil. 2, 35; id. N. D. 2, 21, 56; id. Tusc. 3, 24, 58; Apul. M. 4, 5, p. 245; Diet. Cret. 1, 20.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēmentior,¹¹ itus sum, īrī, tr.,
1 abst] mentir, inventer des choses mensongères : Cic. Br. 42 ; in aliquem Cic. Part. 50, calomnier qqn
2 dire qqch. mensongèrement, alléguer faussement : auspicia Cic. Phil. 2, 83, annoncer des auspices qui n’existent pas ; [avec prop. inf.] Cic. Planc. 73 ; Liv. 1, 8, 5 || part. ementitus avec sens passif, imaginé faussement, controuvé : Cic. Phil. 2, 88 ; Nat. 2, 56 ; Tusc. 3, 58.
