ψευδής
ψευδής,
ές (the neut. sg.
ψευδές is not found in early writers,
ψεῦδος being used instead, cf.
A). ψεῦδος 111 ; it is found in later Gr.,
OGI 669.54 (Egypt, i A.D.),
Palaeph. 6 , al.,
Gal. 18(2).782 ); gen. sg.
ψευδοῦς Id. 15.168 ; old Att. acc. pl.
ψευδᾶς IG 12.700 :(
ψεύδομαι):—
lying, false, untrue, of things, opp.
ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι Hes. Th. 229 ;
μῦθοι A. Pr. 685 ,
E. Hipp. 1288 (anap.);
τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν to betake oneself to
falsehood,
Hdt. 1.117 ;
ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι, false charges,
Aeschin. 2.183 ,
Isoc. 15.138 ,
Plb. 5.41.3 ;
λόγοι S. OT 526 ;
λόγος Pl. Sph. 240e ,
Cra. 385b :
ψ. λόγοι are also
fallacies, in Logic,
Arist. Top. 162b3 sqq.;
ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία this
unreal Being (sc. the world of sense),
Plot. 5.8.9 : irreg. Sup.
ψευδίστατος, εἴδη Ael. VH 14.37 .
2). of persons,
lying, false, and as Subst.,
liar, οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ’ ἀρωγός Il. 4.235 (only here in
Hom.; perh.
ψεύδεσσι from
ψεῦδος is the true accent; so Hermappias ap.Hdn.Gr.
2.45 against
Aristarch. and Ptol.Asc. ibid.);
τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης S. Ph. 992 , cf.
Ant. 657 ;
ψ. ἔφυς E. Or. 1608 ;
ψ. φανήσεσθαι to be detected
in falsehood, Th. 4.27 , cf.
Pl. Tht. 148b ;
Κριτίαν ψευδῆ ἐπιδείξω Id. Chrm. 158d : irreg. Sup.
ψευδίστατος arrant liar, EM 110.29 , cf.
Eust. 1441.25 .
4). ψευδέων ἀγορή, in
Hp. Epid. 3.1 .
ή,
ιβ/, said to be a name of
the monkey-market, perhaps as being
villanous counterfeits of humanity.
ShortDef
lying, false
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ψευδής
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ψευδης
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-115462
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψευδής</span>, <span class="itype greek">ές</span> (the neut. sg. <span class="foreign greek">ψευδές</span> is not found in early writers, <span class="foreign greek">ψεῦδος</span> being used instead, cf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ψεῦδος</span> <span class="bibl"> 111 </span> ; it is found in later Gr., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 669.54 </span> (Egypt, i A.D.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2450.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2450.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Palaeph.</span> 6 </a>, al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(2).782 </span>); gen. sg. <span class="quote greek">ψευδοῦς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 15.168 </span> ; old Att. acc. pl. <span class="quote greek">ψευδᾶς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.700 </span> :(<span class="etym greek">ψεύδομαι</span>):— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lying, false, untrue,</span> of things, opp. <span class="quote greek">ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:229/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 229 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μῦθοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:685" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:685/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 685 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1288 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν</span> to betake oneself to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">false</span>hood, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.117/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.117 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">false</span> charges, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 2.183 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 15.138 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:41:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:41:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.41.3 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λόγοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:526/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 526 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:240e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:240e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 240e </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:385b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:385b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 385b </a>: <span class="foreign greek">ψ. λόγοι</span> are also <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fallacies,</span> in Logic, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:162b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:162b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 162b3 </a> sqq.; <span class="foreign greek">ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία</span> this <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unreal</span> Being (sc. the world of sense), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:8:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:8:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 5.8.9 </a>: irreg. Sup. <span class="quote greek">ψευδίστατος, εἴδη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:14:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:14.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VH</span> 14.37 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lying, false,</span> and as Subst., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">liar,</span> <span class="quote greek">οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ’ ἀρωγός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:235" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.235/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.235 </a> (only here in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>; perh. <span class="foreign greek">ψεύδεσσι</span> from <span class="foreign greek">ψεῦδος</span> is the true accent; so Hermappias ap.Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.45/canonical-url/"> 2.45 </a> against <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristarch.</span> </span> and Ptol.Asc. ibid.); <span class="quote greek">τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:992" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:992/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 992 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:657" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:657/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 657 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ψ. ἔφυς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1608" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1608/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1608 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. φανήσεσθαι</span> to be detected <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in falsehood,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.27 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 148b </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κριτίαν ψευδῆ ἐπιδείξω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:158d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:158d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chrm.</span> 158d </a> : irreg. Sup. <span class="quote greek">ψευδίστατος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">arrant liar,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">EM</span> 110.29 </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1441:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1441.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1441.25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ψευδῆ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">falsehoods, lies,</span> <span class="quote greek">οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:625" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:625/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 625 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 1.10 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπως λέξαιμι τὰ ψευδῆ καλά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:620" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:620/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 620 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τινὰς ψ. διαβάλλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 64 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψευδῶν συγκολλητής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 446 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ψευδέων ἀγορή,</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 3.1 </a>. <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">ιβ/</span>, said to be a name of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the monkey-market,</span> perhaps as being <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">villanous counterfeits of humanity.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beguiled, deceived,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:852" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:852/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 852 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">ψευδῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">falsely,</span> <span class="quote greek">λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1309" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1309/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 1309 </a> codd.; <span class="quote greek">προσποιήσασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.137 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mistakenly,</span> <span class="quote greek">ψ. δοξάζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:40d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:40d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 40d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψ. γενέσθαι τὸν φόβον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">groundlessly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:110:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:110:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.110.7 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}