mendacium

Meaning

  1. (declension-2) A lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction.
  2. (declension-2) An illusion, counterfeit.

Synonyms

fictio

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[mɛnˈdaː.ki.ũː]
Etymology

From mendāc- (“lying”, “untruthful”, oblique stem of mendāx) + -ium (nominal suffix).

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