mendaciosus

Latin

Etymology

From mendācium (“a lie”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mendāciōsus (feminine mendāciōsa, neuter mendāciōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) deceitful, lying, untruthful
    Synonym: mendāx

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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

  • → English: mendacious
  • → Middle French: mendacieux

References

  • mendaciosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (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
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