mendaciunculum

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Sophocles, Antigone, 277

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.