ψεύστειρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευστήρ (pseustḗr) +‎ -ια (-ia); by surface analysis, ψεύδω (pseúdō) +‎ -τειρα (-teira).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psěu̯s.teː.ra/ → /ˈpseɸs.ti.ra/ → /ˈpsefs.ti.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psěu̯s.teː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsews.ti.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpseɸs.ti.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsefs.ti.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsefs.ti.ra/

Noun

ψεύστειρᾰ • (pseústeira) f (genitive ψευστείρᾱς); first declension

1. female equivalent of ψευστήρ (pseustḗr, “liar”)
   • 2nd century BCE, Sibylline Oracles, 3.814-6:

     [...] οἳ δέ με Κίρκης
     μητρὸς καὶ Γνωστοῖο πατρὸς φήσουσι Σίβυλλαν
     μαινομένην ψεύστειραν·

     [...] hoì dé me Kírkēs
     mētròs kaì Gnōstoîo patròs phḗsousi Síbullan
     mainoménēn pseústeiran;

     But others will say I am a Sibyl born of mother Circe and father Gnostos, insane, a liar...

Declension

First declension of ἡ ψεύστειρᾰ; τῆς ψευστείρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψεύστειρᾰ hē pseústeira	τὼ ψευστείρᾱ tṑ pseusteírā	αἱ ψεύστειραι hai pseústeirai
Genitive	τῆς ψευστείρᾱς tês pseusteírās	τοῖν ψευστείραιν toîn pseusteírain	τῶν ψευστειρῶν tôn pseusteirôn
Dative	τῇ ψευστείρᾳ têi pseusteírāi	τοῖν ψευστείραιν toîn pseusteírain	ταῖς ψευστείραις taîs pseusteírais
Accusative	τὴν ψεύστειρᾰν tḕn pseústeiran	τὼ ψευστείρᾱ tṑ pseusteírā	τᾱ̀ς ψευστείρᾱς tā̀s pseusteírās
Vocative	ψεύστειρᾰ pseústeira	ψευστείρᾱ pseusteírā	ψεύστειραι pseústeirai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψεύστειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψεύστειρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011