Usages of mendacium
Mater addit: "Noli mendacium dicere, sed veritatem iterum dic."
Mother adds: "Do not tell a lie, but tell the truth again."
In silentio noctis filia in mente sua dicit: "Veritas matrem laetam facit, mendacium autem matrem tristem facit; iterum veritatem dicam."
In the silence of the night the daughter says in her mind: "Truth makes mother happy, but a lie makes mother sad; again I will tell the truth."
Ego mendacio non credo, sed veritati credo.
I do not believe a lie, but I believe the truth.
Discipula aperte dicit se mendacio non credere et testem audire velle.
The female student openly says that she does not believe a lie and wants to hear the witness.
Discipula scribit in tabula: “Veritas semper vincit, quamquam mendacium saepe latet.”
The female student writes on the board: “Truth always wins, although a lie often lies hidden.”
Magister dicit: “Si veritatem dicitis, gaudium vincet; si mendacium dicitis, timor latet in mente.”
The teacher says: “If you tell the truth, joy will win; if you tell a lie, fear lies hidden in the mind.”
Nemini mendacium dicere licet.
No one is allowed to tell a lie.
Mendacium amicitiae nocet, et parva quoque iniuria diu manere potest.
A lie harms friendship, and even a small injustice can last a long time.
Mendacium timorem auget.
A lie increases fear.
Discipula respondet se mendacium dicere recusare, quamquam timet.
The student answers that she refuses to tell a lie, although she is afraid.
Si quis mendacium in iudicio dicat, iudex eum damnare potest; si innocens sit, eum absolvere debet.
If anyone should tell a lie in court, the judge can condemn him; if he is innocent, she must acquit him.
Rea veniam petit et dicit se iam mendacii paenitere.
The female accused asks for pardon and says that she already regrets the lie.
Iudex hodie severior est quam heri, quia reus mendacium dicit.
The judge is sterner today than yesterday, because the accused tells a lie.
Iudex dicit honestatem plus valere quam mendacium.
The judge says that honesty is worth more than a lie.
Puellam mendacii pudet, et matri veritatem tandem dicit.
The girl is ashamed of the lie, and at last tells the truth to her mother.
Pudor puerum monet ne mendacium dicat.
A sense of shame warns the boy not to tell a lie.
Vis veritatis mendacium vincit.
The power of truth conquers a lie.
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