"mendacitas" meaning in Latin

See mendacitas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mɛnˈdaː.kɪ.taːs] [Classical-Latin], [menˈdaː.t͡ʃi.tas] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mendāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin mendācitās From mendāx (“mendacious”) + -tās (“-ty”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|mendāx<t:mendacious><id:mendacious>|-tās<t:-ty><id:-ty>|id=mendacity|text=+|title=mendācitās|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin mendāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin mendācitās [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tās", "gloss" : "-ty", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mendācitās", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="mendacity" data-lang="la" data-title="mendācitās" id="Latin:_mendacity"> From mendāx (“mendacious”) + -tās (“-ty”). Head templates: {{la-noun|mendācitās<3>}} mendācitās f (genitive mendācitātis); third declension, {{tlb|la|Late Latin}} (Late Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mendācitās<3>}} Forms: mendācitās [canonical, feminine], mendācitātis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mendācitās [nominative, singular], mendācitātēs [nominative, plural], mendācitātis [genitive, singular], mendācitātum [genitive, plural], mendācitātī [dative, singular], mendācitātibus [dative, plural], mendācitātem [accusative, singular], mendācitātēs [accusative, plural], mendācitāte [ablative, singular], mendācitātibus [ablative, plural], mendācitās [singular, vocative], mendācitātēs [plural, vocative]
  1. mendacity (fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty) Tags: Late-Latin, declension-3
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