mendosus
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
mendosus mendosa, mendosum ADJ :: full of faults, faulty; erroneous; prone to error
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
mendōsus, a, um (mendum), voll Fehler, I) passiv = mit Fehlern behaftet, fehlerhaft, a) mit physischen Fehlern behaftet, voll Fehler, voll Gebrechen, nec equi mendosa sub illo deteriorque viro facies, Ov. met. 12, 399. – neutr. adv., ne qua subaerato mendosum tinniat auro? Pers. 5, 106. – b) mit Fehlern gegen die Richtigkeit der Angaben behaftet, voll Unrichtigkeiten, exemplar testamenti, Plin. ep.: quamquam his laudationibus historia rerum nostrarum est facta mendosior, Cic.: mendosissimis fatigari codicibus, Augustin. epist. 120, 1. – c) poet. = vitiosus, mit moralischen Fehlern behaftet, voll Fehler, mendosus et mendax, Hor.: si vitiis mediocribus ac mea paucis mendosa est natura (Charakter, Gemüt), Hor.: mendosi mores, Ov. – II) aktiv – Fehler in der Abfassung machend, Unrichtigkeiten begehend, cur servus societatis, qui tabulas conficeret, semper in Verruci nomine certo ex loco mendosus esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 188.
