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1 mentiēns
mentiēns entis, m [P. of mentior], a fallacy, sophism. -
2 mentiens
mentĭens, entis, Part., from mentior, q. v. -
3 mentior
mentĭor, ītus, 4 ( fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence],I.Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.:B.mentiri palam,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89:mentire,
id. Poen. 3, 5, 18:adversus aliquem,
id. Aul. 4, 7, 9:apud aliquem,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 24:sibi,
id. Am. 1, 2, 6:mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35:aperte,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:in re aliquā,
id. Att. 12, 21, 4:de re aliquā,
id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,
Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely:certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.:mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,
Sen. Ep. 106, 5:si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,
Ov. F. 4, 227.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:in quibus nihil umquam... vetustas mentita sit,
id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—To deceive one's self, mistake:II.mentire, gnate,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.—Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.:B.cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,
had devised such a falsehood, Sall. C. 48:originem alicujus,
Just. 35, 2, 4:auspicium,
Liv. 10, 40:titulum Lyciscae,
to assume falsely, Juv. 6, 123:noctem,
to promise falsely, Prop. 3, 9, 1:cur sese daemonia mentiuntur,
Tert. Apol. 23; also, to invent, feign, of a poetical fiction:ita mentitur (sc. Homerus),
Hor. A. P. 151; cf.:poëtae Orionem mentiuntur in pelago incidentem,
Lact. 4, 15, 21.— Pass.:si a debitore, praelato die, pignoris obligatio mentiatur,
Dig. 48, 10, 28.—Trop., of inanim. subjects: semel fac illud, Mentitur tua quod subinde tussis, do what your cough keeps falsely promising, i. e. die, Mart. 5, 39, 6:1.mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis,
id. 3, 43, 1:color, qui chrysocollam mentitur,
Plin. 35, 6, 29, § 48:nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,
Verg. E. 4, 42: sexum viris denegatum muliebri motu, Col. praef. 1.—Hence, *mentĭens, entis, m. subst., a fallacy, sophism: quomodo mentientem, quem pseudomenon vocant, dissolvas, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11. —2.mentītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., imitated, counterfeit, feigned ( poet.):mentita tela,
Verg. A. 2, 422:figurae,
Ov. M. 5, 326:fama,
id. ib. 10, 28:nomen,
id. ib. 10, 439; id. H. 11, 73; Sen. Contr. 5, 5, 3; Luc. 2, 512; Val. Fl. 6, 698; 7, 155; Sil. 15, 796; Stat. S. 4, 6, 21; id. Th. 1, 256; 7, 303; 10, 875; Poët. ap. Suet. Oth. 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 58:mentiti fictique terrores,
Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15; id. Pan. 81, 3:divinitas,
Lact. 2, 16, 2; Quint. 12, 10, 76.
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