"mentior" meaning in Latin

See mentior in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmen.ti.or/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛn̪t̪iɔr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmen.t͡si.or/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛnt̪͡s̪ior] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *mentjōr, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”). The meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up". Compare comminīscor also from this root and again with these meanings. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*mentjōr}} Proto-Italic *mentjōr Head templates: {{la-verb|4+.p3inf|mentior}} mentior (present infinitive mentīrī or mentīrier, perfect active mentītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent Inflection templates: {{la-conj|4+.p3inf|mentior}} Forms: mentīrī [infinitive, present], mentīrier [infinitive, present], mentītus sum [active, perfect], conjugation-4 deponent [table-tags], mentior [active, first-person, indicative, present, singular], mentīris [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], mentīre [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], mentītur [active, indicative, present, singular, third-person], mentīmur [active, first-person, indicative, plural, present], mentīminī [active, indicative, plural, present, second-person], mentiuntur [active, indicative, plural, present, third-person], mentiēbar [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], mentiēbāris [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], mentiēbāre [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], mentiēbātur [active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], mentiēbāmur [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], mentiēbāminī [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], mentiēbantur [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], mentiar [active, first-person, future, indicative, singular], mentiēris [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], mentiēre [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], mentiētur [active, future, indicative, singular, third-person], mentiēmur [active, first-person, future, indicative, plural], mentiēminī [active, future, indicative, plural, second-person], mentientur [active, future, indicative, plural, third-person], mentītus + present active indicative of sum [active, indicative, perfect], mentītus + imperfect active indicative of sum [active, indicative, pluperfect], mentītus + future active indicative of sum [active, future, indicative, perfect], mentiar [active, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], mentiāris [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mentiāre [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mentiātur [active, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mentiāmur [active, first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], mentiāminī [active, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], mentiantur [active, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], mentīrer [active, first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], mentīrēris [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mentīrēre [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mentīrētur [active, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mentīrēmur [active, first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], mentīrēminī [active, imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], mentīrentur [active, imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], mentītus + present active subjunctive of sum [active, perfect, subjunctive], mentītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum [active, pluperfect, subjunctive], - [active, first-person, imperative, present, singular], mentīre [active, imperative, present, second-person, singular], - [active, imperative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, plural, present], mentīminī [active, imperative, plural, present, second-person], - [active, imperative, plural, present, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, singular], mentītor [active, future, imperative, second-person, singular], mentītor [active, future, imperative, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, plural], - [active, future, imperative, plural, second-person], mentiuntor [active, future, imperative, plural, third-person], mentīrī [active, infinitive, present], mentīrier [active, infinitive, present], mentītum esse [active, infinitive, perfect], mentītūrum esse [active, future, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive, present], - [infinitive, passive, perfect], - [future, infinitive, passive], mentiēns [active, participle, present], mentītus [active, participle, perfect], mentītūrus [active, future, participle], - [participle, passive, present], - [participle, passive, perfect], mentiendus [future, participle, passive], mentiundus [future, participle, passive], mentiendī [genitive, gerund, noun-from-verb], mentiendō [dative, gerund, noun-from-verb], mentiendum [accusative, gerund, noun-from-verb], mentiendō [ablative, gerund, noun-from-verb], mentītum [accusative, noun-from-verb, supine], mentītū [ablative, noun-from-verb, supine]
  1. (with dative) to lie, cheat, deceive Tags: conjugation-4, deponent, with-dative
    Sense id: en-mentior-la-verb-4uQmIjMu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Synonyms: ēmentior, dēcipiō, frūstror, fraudō, ēlūdō, dēstituō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō
  2. to pretend, feign Tags: conjugation-4, deponent Synonyms: fingō, simulō, ēmentior, affectō, dissimulō, praetendō
    Sense id: en-mentior-la-verb-pVfAOvCX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mendax, mentītus, mentiō

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "French: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "mintî"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: mintî",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: mintî"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mentire"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mentire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mentire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "minți",
            "alt": "minți, mințire"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: minți, mințire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: minți, mințire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mentir"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*mentjōr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *mentjōr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *mentjōr, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”). The meaning \"to lie\" stems from a semantic shift \"to be inventive, have second thoughts\" > \"to lie, conjure up\". Compare comminīscor also from this root and again with these meanings.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "mentīrī",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrier",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus sum",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conjugation-4 deponent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentior",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiuntur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbātur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbantur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiētur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentientur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + present active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + imperfect active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + future active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiātur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiantur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrētur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrentur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + present active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiuntor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītūrum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītūrus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiundus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "mentior (present infinitive mentīrī or mentīrier, perfect active mentītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "4+.p3inf",
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      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mendax"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mentītus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mentiō"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How dared you lie to me?",
          "text": "Cur es ausus mentiri mihi?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.5.46"
        }
      ],
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        "to lie, cheat, deceive"
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        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
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        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
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        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with dative) to lie, cheat, deceive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ēmentior"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēcipiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "frūstror"
        },
        {
          "word": "fraudō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēlūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēstituō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fallō"
        },
        {
          "word": "circumdūcō"
        },
        {
          "word": "circumveniō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingannō"
        },
        {
          "word": "indūcō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent",
        "with-dative"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pretend, feign"
      ],
      "id": "en-mentior-la-verb-pVfAOvCX",
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fingō"
        },
        {
          "word": "simulō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēmentior"
        },
        {
          "word": "affectō"
        },
        {
          "word": "dissimulō"
        },
        {
          "word": "praetendō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen.ti.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪t̪iɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen.t͡si.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnt̪͡s̪ior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mentior"
}

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    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin deponent verbs",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin fourth conjugation deponent verbs",
    "Latin fourth conjugation verbs",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin verbs",
    "Latin verbs with red links in their inflection tables",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "French: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "mintî"
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          "expansion": "Friulian: mintî",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mentir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mentire"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mentire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mentire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "mentir"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mentir"
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          "expansion": "Portuguese: mentir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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            "alt": "minți, mințire"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: minți, mințire"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mentir"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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        "infinitive",
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      "form": "mentior",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "mentīris",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "mentīmur",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentīminī",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiuntur",
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      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbar",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāris",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "mentiēbāre",
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        "active",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mentiēbātur",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāmur",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbāminī",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēbantur",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēre",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiētur",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēmur",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentientur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + present active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + imperfect active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + future active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāre",
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      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiātur",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiāminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiantur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrer",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēre",
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrētur",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrēminī",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrentur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + present active subjunctive of sum",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītor",
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        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiuntor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīrier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītūrum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentiēns",
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītūrus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiundus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentītū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "4+.p3inf",
        "2": "mentior"
      },
      "expansion": "mentior (present infinitive mentīrī or mentīrier, perfect active mentītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "4+.p3inf",
        "2": "mentior"
      },
      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mendax"
    },
    {
      "word": "mentītus"
    },
    {
      "word": "mentiō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How dared you lie to me?",
          "text": "Cur es ausus mentiri mihi?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.5.46"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lie, cheat, deceive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with dative) to lie, cheat, deceive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ēmentior"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēcipiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "frūstror"
        },
        {
          "word": "fraudō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēlūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēstituō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fallō"
        },
        {
          "word": "circumdūcō"
        },
        {
          "word": "circumveniō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingannō"
        },
        {
          "word": "indūcō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pretend, feign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fingō"
        },
        {
          "word": "simulō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēmentior"
        },
        {
          "word": "affectō"
        },
        {
          "word": "dissimulō"
        },
        {
          "word": "praetendō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-4",
        "deponent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen.ti.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪t̪iɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen.t͡si.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnt̪͡s̪ior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mentior"
}

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