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menda, ae, f. [v. mendum], a fault, defect, blemish of the body (poet. and postAug.).

  1. I. Lit.: in toto nusquam corpore menda fuit, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte latent mendae, id. A. A. 1, 249.
  2. II. 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.

mendum, i, n. [Sanscr. manāk, a little; mindā, a defect; cf.: mancus, mendicus], a fault, error, blunder in writing (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: quod mendum ista litura correxit? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: librariorum, id. Att. 13, 23, 2.
  2. II. Trop.: Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent, mistake, error, Cic Att. 14, 22, 2.
    1. B. A blemish, defect, in the face, etc.: rara tamen mendo facies caret, Ov. A. A. 3, 261.