LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

menda

menda f (genitive mendae)
Classical[ˈmɛn.da]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛn.da]

Meaning

  1. femininedefect, blemish (on the body)
  2. femininemistake, error, blunder

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Vitium · Menda · Mendum · Labes · Macula

Vitium (from αὐάτη, ἄτη), denotes any fault; menda (μάτη), a natural fault, especially of the body, a blemish, like βλάβη; mendum, a fault committed, especially in writing, a blunder or mistake, like ἁμάρτημα; labes (λώβη), a degrading fault, a stain of ignominy, like λύμη; macula (dimin. from μῶκος), a disfiguring fault, a blot, like κηλίς. (v. 319.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemendamendae
genitivemendaemendārum
dativemendaemendīs
accusativemendammendās
ablativemendāmendīs
vocativemendamendae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

mendum (scripturae) (Fam. 6. 7. 1)
a clerical error, copyist's mistake.

menda, ae, f. v. mendum,
I. a fault, defect, blemish of the body (poet. and postAug.).
I. Lit.: in toto nusquam corpore menda fuit, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte latent mendae, id. A. A. 1, 249.—
II. Transf., a mistake, error, blunder, in writing, in books, a slip of the pen, Suet. Aug. 87: mendae istins indoles, Gell. 20, 6, 14; 1, 7, 3.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”), same source as Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”).

Descendants
  • Siciliansminnari

In English words that came into English from menda

  • mendicitymendicitas

Quick answers

What does menda mean in Latin?
menda, a noun, means “defect, blemish (on the body); mistake, error, blunder”.
What is the genitive of menda?
The genitive singular is mendae. menda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce menda?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɛn.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɛn.da].