mendōsus, a, um, adj. [mendum].
I Full of faults, faulty .
A Physically, full of faults or blemishes : equi facies, Ov. M. 12, 399.—
B 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.—
II Transf.
A 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.—
B 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.