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"sense": "antonym(s) of \"false, untruthful\"",
"word": "sincērus"
},
{
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"word": "vērāx"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"false, untruthful\"",
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"text": "Italian: mendace"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmen.daks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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"Classical"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmen.daks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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"word": "dēceptōrius"
},
{
"sense": "false, lying",
"word": "fallāx"
},
{
"sense": "false, lying",
"word": "falsus"
},
{
"sense": "false, lying",
"word": "levis"
}
],
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"Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mend-",
"4": "",
"5": "to fault"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mendum"
},
"expansion": "mendum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "menda"
},
"expansion": "menda",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mentior",
"3": "",
"4": "I lie"
},
"expansion": "mentior (“I lie”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”), whence also mendum and menda. Original meaning was \"faulty\" and was shifted towards \"deceitful\" under the influence of mentior (“I lie”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mendāx",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "mendāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendāce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mendāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "mendācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mendāx<3>",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "mendāx m (genitive mendācis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mendāx<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"liar"
],
"links": [
[
"liar",
"liar"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmen.daːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪d̪äːks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmen.daks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪d̪äks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "mendax"
}
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