ψεῦδος

See also: ψεύδος and ψευδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”).

Pronunciation
 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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