mendaciosus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mendācium (“a lie”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /men.daː.kiˈoː.sus/, [mɛn̪d̪äːkiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /men.da.t͡ʃiˈo.sus/, [men̪d̪ät͡ʃiˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]mendāciōsus (feminine mendāciōsa, neuter mendāciōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) deceitful, lying, untruthful
- Synonym: mendāx
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | mendāciōsus | mendāciōsa | mendāciōsum | mendāciōsī | mendāciōsae | mendāciōsa | |
genitive | mendāciōsī | mendāciōsae | mendāciōsī | mendāciōsōrum | mendāciōsārum | mendāciōsōrum | |
dative | mendāciōsō | mendāciōsae | mendāciōsō | mendāciōsīs | |||
accusative | mendāciōsum | mendāciōsam | mendāciōsum | mendāciōsōs | mendāciōsās | mendāciōsa | |
ablative | mendāciōsō | mendāciōsā | mendāciōsō | mendāciōsīs | |||
vocative | mendāciōse | mendāciōsa | mendāciōsum | mendāciōsī | mendāciōsae | mendāciōsa |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: mendacious
- → Middle French: mendacieux
References
[edit]- mendaciosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Peter Stotz (1996) Handbuch zur lateinischen Sprache des Mittelalters, Munich: C.H.Beck, page 345. The footnote reveals that the word was used in the Chronicon Salernitanum