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mendum

mendum · n

a fault, error, blunder

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Where it lives

Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Noctes Atticae 4 · 0.36/10k
Letters to Atticus 2 · 0.16/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

mendum — Lewis & Short

mendum, i, n.Sanscr. manāk, a little; mindā, a defect; cf.: mancus, mendicus,

I a fault, error, blunder in writing (class.).

I Lit.: quod mendum ista litura correxit? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: librariorum, id. Att. 13, 23, 2.—

II Trop.: Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent, mistake, error, Cic Att. 14, 22, 2.—

B A blemish, defect, in the face, etc.: rara tamen mendo facies caret, Ov. A. A. 3, 261.

In the wild

mendum Cicero, Letters to Atticus 14.22.2
mendum Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.55.8
mendum Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.7.5
mendum Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.7.a
mendum Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.4.2
mendum Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 18.9.4

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. mendum (scan p. 420; entry #6738).

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