ψεῦδος

See also: ψεύδος and ψευδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psêu̯.dos/ → /ˈpseβ.ðos/ → /ˈpsev.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psêu̯.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsew.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpseβ.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsev.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsev.ðos/

Noun

ψεῦδος • (pseûdos) n (genitive ψεύδους); third declension

1. a falsehood, a lie, a figment

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψεῦδος; τοῦ ψεύδους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψεῦδος tò pseûdos	τὼ ψεύδει tṑ pseúdei	τᾰ̀ ψεύδη tà pseúdē
Genitive	τοῦ ψεύδους toû pseúdous	τοῖν ψευδοῖν toîn pseudoîn	τῶν ψευδῶν tôn pseudôn
Dative	τῷ ψεύδει tôi pseúdei	τοῖν ψευδοῖν toîn pseudoîn	τοῖς ψεύδεσῐ / ψεύδεσῐν toîs pseúdesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψεῦδος tò pseûdos	τὼ ψεύδει tṑ pseúdei	τᾰ̀ ψεύδη tà pseúdē
Vocative	ψεῦδος pseûdos	ψεύδει pseúdei	ψεύδη pseúdē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (lie, untruth): ψεῦσμα (pseûsma), ψούδιον (psoúdion), ψύθος (psúthos)

Further reading

• “ψεῦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψεῦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ψεῦδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ψεῦδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ψεῦδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ψεῦδος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • falsehood idem, page 304.
  • fiction idem, page 317.
  • figment idem, page 319.
  • lie idem, page 489.
  • myth idem, page 549.
  • story idem, page 821.
  • untruth idem, page 935.