Ancient Greek

Adjective

ψευδής • ‎(pseudḗs) m, f ‎(neuter ψευδές); third declension

1. lying, false, untrue
2. deceived, beguiled

Inflection

Usage notes

In many Classical Greek cities, being good at lying and deception was considered a virtue and a heroic quality; in the Odyssey for example.

Antonyms

• (lying): ἀληθής ‎(alēthḗs, “true”)

References

• ψευδής in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψευδής in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψευδής in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ψευδής» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «ψευδής» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ψευδής in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5281”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • baseless idem, page 64.
  • delusive idem, page 209.
  • erroneous idem, page 281.
  • fallacious idem, page 304.
  • false idem, page 304.
  • fictitious idem, page 317.
  • garbled idem, page 354.
  • heterodox idem, page 398.
  • hypocritical idem, page 412.
  • imaginary idem, page 416.
  • inaccurate idem, page 425.
  • incorrect idem, page 430.
  • lie idem, page 489.
  • lying idem, page 506.
  • mendacious idem, page 524.
  • misleading idem, page 534.
  • mistaken idem, page 535.
  • mythical idem, page 549.
  • unfounded idem, page 919.
  • ungrounded idem, page 920.
  • unreal idem, page 929.
  • untrue idem, page 935.
  • untruthful idem, page 935.
  • wrong idem, page 994.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Adjective

ψευδής • ‎(psevdís) m ‎(feminine ψευδής, neuter ψευδές)

1. false; sham; insincere; wearing masks.

Declension