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M / menda
noun

menda

gen. mendae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a fault, defect, blemish poetic
a fault, defect, blemish of the body (poet. and postAug.).
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Lit.: in toto nusquam corpore menda fuit, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte latent mendae, id. A. A. 1, 249.—
a mistake, error, blunder; a slip of the pen by extension •
Transf., a mistake, error, blunder, in writing, in books, a slip of the pen, Suet. Aug. 87: mendae istins indoles, Gell. 20, 6, 14; 1, 7, 3.
Perseus ID: n28638 Key: menda