define Lying

What I found interesting about all this is lying comes from   Latin lectus ‘bed.’
So, even the word lying comes from the latin word for Bed which I find incredibly interesting, don't you?
So, even the word "lying" comes from issues of deceit around beds and people.

lie²

lī/

Dictionary

ly·ing¹

ˈlīiNG/

1. present participle of lie¹.

ly·ing²

ˈlīiNG/

1. 1.

   present participle of lie².

adjective

adjective: lying

1. 1.

   not telling the truth.

   "he's a lying, cheating, snake in the grass"

   synonyms:

   untruthful, false, dishonest, mendacious, deceitful, deceiving, duplicitous, double-dealing, two-faced; literaryperfidious "he was a lying womanizer"

   antonyms:

   truthful

lie¹

lī/

verb

gerund or present participle: lying

1. 1.

   (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface.

   "the man lay face downward on the grass"

   synonyms:

   recline, lie down, lie back, be recumbent, be prostrate, be supine, be prone, be stretched out, sprawl, rest, repose, lounge, loll "he was lying on a bed"

   antonyms:

   stand

   • (of a thing) rest flat on a surface.

     "a book lay open on the table"

     synonyms:

     be placed, be situated, be positioned, rest "her handbag lay on a chair"

   • (of a dead person) be buried in a particular place.
2. 2.

   be, remain, or be kept in a specified state.

   "the church lies in ruins today"

   • (of something abstract) reside or be found.

     "the solution lies in a return to “traditional family values.”"

     synonyms:

     consist, be inherent, be present, be contained, exist, reside "the difficulty lies in building real quality into the products"

3. 3.

   (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction.

   "the small town of Swampscott lies about ten miles north of Boston"

   synonyms:

   be situated, be located, be placed, be found, be sited "lying on the border of Switzerland and Austria"

   • (of a scene) extend from the observer's viewpoint in a specified direction.

     "stand here, and all of Amsterdam lies before you"
4. 4.

   Law

   (of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable.

Origin

Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed.’

lie²

lī/

verb

gerund or present participle: lying

1. What I found interesting about all this is lying comes from 

    

    

   tell a lie or lies.

   "why had Wesley lied about his visit to Philadelphia?"

   synonyms:

   tell an untruth, tell a lie, fib, dissemble, dissimulate, misinform, mislead, tell a white lie, perjure oneself, commit perjury, prevaricate; More informallie through one's teeth, stretch the truth; formalforswear oneself "he lied to the police"

   • get oneself into or out of a situation by lying.

     "you lied your way on to this voyage by implying you were an experienced sailor"
   • (of a thing) present a false impression; be deceptive.

     "the camera cannot lie"

Origin

Old English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen .