2001 Translation

Sounds Like: men-DAH-kee-oom

Translations: lie, a lie, falsehood, a falsehood, untruth, an untruth

From the root: MENDACIUM

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: MENDACIUM is a Latin noun that refers to a lie, falsehood, or untruth. It denotes something that is intentionally false or misleading. It is commonly used to describe a statement or action that deviates from the truth.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 9:111
• Book Two — 9:111

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, MENDACIUM.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• MENDACII — of a lie, of falsehood, of deceit, lies, falsehoods, deceits
• MENDACIO — (to) a lie, (to) a falsehood, (by) a lie, (by) a falsehood, (with) a lie, (with) a falsehood, (from) a lie, (from) a falsehood

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