English → Latin
“mendacious” in Latin
mendāxmendacious (lying, untruthful, dishonest)vānusvain, empty, vacant, void; unsubstantial; groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindlesscommentāriusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a brief
The English word mendacious itself goes back to Latin mendāx, through mendācium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mendacious
mendax; mendaciis assuetus; vanus; totus ex mendacio factus (of persons): mendax, faisus, vanus, commentarius (of things).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mendacious?
- The usual Latin words for “mendacious” are mendāx, vānus, commentārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.