adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mendōsus
mendōsus (feminine mendōsa, neuter mendōsum, superlative mendōsissimus)
Classical[mɛnˈdoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[menˈdɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivefull of faults; faulty, erroneous, incorrect
- adjectivefalse, deceptive
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mendōsus | mendōsa | mendōsum |
| genitive | mendōsī | mendōsae | mendōsī |
| dative | mendōsō | mendōsae | mendōsō |
| accusative | mendōsum | mendōsam | mendōsum |
| ablative | mendōsō | mendōsā | mendōsō |
| vocative | mendōse | mendōsa | mendōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mendōsī | mendōsae | mendōsa |
| genitive | mendōsōrum | mendōsārum | mendōsōrum |
| dative | mendōsīs | mendōsīs | mendōsīs |
| accusative | mendōsōs | mendōsās | mendōsa |
| ablative | mendōsīs | mendōsīs | mendōsīs |
| vocative | mendōsī | mendōsae | mendōsa |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mendose scriptum
- full of orthographical errors.
- mendosum esse (Verr. 2. 4. 77)
- (1) to make frequent mistakes in writing; (2) to be full of mistakes (speaking of a passage).
mendōsus, a, um, adj. mendum.
I. Full of faults, fauity.
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mendōsus adv. with comp.
mendum, full of faults, faulty, blemished : equi facies, O.—Fig., erroneous, incorrect, defective, wrong : mendosum est, etc.: vitiis paucis natura, blemished , H.: mores, O.: historia mendosior.—In writing, that commits faults, blundering : semper in Verruci nomine.
Origins
From mendum + -ōsus.