mendaciunculum
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English
mendaciunculum mendaciunculi N N :: white lie, fib, little untruth
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
mendāciunculum, ī, n. (Demin. v. mendacium), eine kleine Lüge (kleine Unwahrheit), ein kleiner erdichteter Zug, Plur. bei Cic. de or. 2, 241.
