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mendācĭuncŭlum

mendācĭuncŭlum · n

a little lie, trifling untruth, fib

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What it meant

mendācĭuncŭlum — 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.

Where it came from

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