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.
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