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.