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mendīcātĭo
mendīcē
mendīcĭmōnĭum
mendīcĭtas
mendico
mendīcŭlus
mendicum
mendīcus
mendōsē
mendōsĭtas
mendōsus
mendum
Mĕnĕcles
Mĕnecrătes
Mĕnĕdēmus
Mĕnĕlāēus
Menelāis
Mĕnĕlāites
Mĕnĕlaĭus
Mĕnĕlāüs
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mendōsus
mendōsus, a, um, adj. mendum. Full of faults, fauity. Physically, full of faults or blemishes: equi facies, Ov. M. 12, 399.— In gen., erroneous, incorrect (class.): mendosum exemplar testamenti, Plin. Ep. 10, 75: mendosum est, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83: mores, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1.—Comp.: historia mendosior, Cic. Brut. 16, 62.— Transf. That commits faults, makes mistakes: cur servus societatis, qui tabulas conficeret, semper in Verrucii nomine certo ex loco mendosus esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188.— False, deceptive: mendosum for mendose, adverbially, falsely: mendosum tinnire, Pers. 5, 106.—Hence, adv.: mendōsē, full of faults, faultily, falsely (class.): libri mendose scribuntur, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 6: mendose colligis, Pers. 5, 85.— Sup.: ars mendosissime scripta, Cic. Inv. 1, 6, 8.

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mendōsus
Headword (normalized):
mendōsus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
mendosus
IDX:
28681
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n28660
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mendosus

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