mendax

mendāx dācis, adj.with comp.

1 MAN-, of men, given to lying, false, mendacious : homo: amicus, pretended , H.: aretalogus, Iu.: Parthis mendacior, H.: Saepe fui mendax pro te mihi, O.: in parentem, H.: quidquid Graecia mendax Audet in historiā, Iu.—As subst m., a liar : quid interest inter periurum et mendacem?—Of things, false, deceptive, feigned, fictitious, counterfeit, not real : visa: fundus, disappointing , H.: infamia, slander , H.: somnus, Tb.: pennae, O.