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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• lying (adj.):
    1. I. Telling a lie:
      1. 1. mendax (usu. of persons, in prose): the dishonest and l. Carthaginians, Carthaginienses fraudulenti et m., Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95.
      2. 2. fallax (deceitful, both of persons and things): Cic.: v. deceitful.
      3. 3. vānus (empty, without reality: of persons and things): to believe a l. speech, orationi v. credere, Cic. R. Am. 40, 117.
      4. 4. falsus, fictus (usu. of things): Cic.: v. false.
      5. 5. vānĭlŏquus (talking idly; esp. bragging): a l. envoy, v. legatus, Liv. 35, 48. Join: vanus mendaxque, Virg. Aen. 2, 80: falsum aut vanum aut fictum, opposed to vera, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 24: res tumida, vana, ventosa, Sen. Ep. 84, fin.: falsa et mendacia, Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127: v. liar.
    2. II. Part. of to lie: q. v.:
      1. 1. objectus (l. before or in front of): an island l. before Alexandria, insula ob. Alexandriae, Caes. B. C. 3, 48.
      2. 2. subjectus (l. under or near): a plain l. near the highway, s. viae campus, Liv. 2, 38: Caes.
      3. 3. sŭperjectus (l. above): Plin.
      4. 4. interjectus (l. between): a district l. between Rome and Arpi, regio int. Romam et Arpos, Liv. 9, 13. Lying between may also be expr. by mĕdius: (Megara) a city l. between Corinth and Athens, media Corintho et Athenis (dat.), Vell. 1, 2.
      5. 5. circumjectus (l. round about), forests l. round about the way, c. itineri silvae, Liv. 35, 30: also absol., towns l. round about, c. oppida, Tac.: in same sense, circumjacens, Tac. A. 2, 72.
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• lying (subs.): the practice of telling lies: transl. by ger. or infin. of to lie, or by mendācĭtas (late and rare): Tert.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• LYING
1. mendax (Vid: the proper word; ☞ in classical prose never of things): fallax (deceitful): vanus (empty, both of persons or things). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vanus et mendax, vanus et fallax: vaniloquus (bragging, of persons): falsus, fictus (false, pretended, of things): ☞ mendaciloquus is comic.
2. s. Vid: LIE.