mendaciunculum
From LSJ
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mendācĭuncŭlum: i, n.
dim. mendacium,
I a little lie, trifling untruth, fib: quod tamen est mendaciunculis aspergendum (al. mendaciolis), Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241 Orell. N. cr.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mendācĭuncŭlum, ī, n., dim. de mendacium, petit mensonge : Cic. de Or. 2, 241.
