lie (subs.) Copy link • lie (subs.): mendācium: to tell a l., m. dicere, Nep. Att. 15: a great and shameless l., magnum et impudens m., Cic. Clu. 60, 168. Dimin., mendaciolum or -unculum: id. de Or. 2, 59, 141. To tell a l., mentiri: v. foll. art.