- 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., OGI669.54 (Egypt, i A.D.), Palaeph.6, al., Gal.18(2).782); gen. sg.ψευδοῦς Id.15.168
; old [dialect] Att. acc. pl.ψευδᾶς IG12.700
: ([etym.] 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.OT526
;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. [comp] Sup.ψευδίστατος, εἴδη Ael.VH14.37
.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. [comp] Sup.ψευδίστατος
arrant liar,EM
110.29, cf. Eust.1441.25.3 τὰ ψευδῆ falsehoods, lies,οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω A.Ag.625
, cf. Antipho 1.10, etc.;οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅπως λέξαιμι τὰ ψευδῆ καλά A.Ag.620
;τινὰς ψ. διαβάλλειν Ar.Eq.64
;ψευδῶν συγκολλητής Id.Nu.446
(anap.).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.II [voice] Pass., beguiled, deceived, E.IA852.III Adv. ψευδῶς falsely,λέγειν Id.IT1309
codd.;προσποιήσασθαι Th.1.137
; mistakenly,ψ. δοξάζειν Pl.Phlb. 40d
;ψ. γενέσθαι τὸν φόβον
groundlessly,Plb.
5.110.7.
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