Ancient Languages/Everybody Lies

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Question
Hi!
Can you please translate the phrase "Everybody Lies" to
Archaic Latin (old Latin)?

Thank you. :)

Answer
Hello,

“Unusquisque mentitur” is the correct translation for "Everybody Lies".

Regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-UNUSQUISQUE (nominative of this masculine pronoun) )= everybody
-MENTITUR (3rd.person singular, present indicative of the deponent verb MENTIOR, I lie) = lies

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