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φιλοψευδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοψευδής φιλοψευδές

Structure: φιλοψευδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of lies or lying

Examples

  • ^ ἐπεὶ πολλοὺσ ἂν ἐγώ σοι δείξαιμι συνετοὺσ τἄλλα καὶ τὴν γνώμην θαυμαστοὺσ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἑαλωκότασ τούτῳ τῷ κακῷ καὶ φιλοψευδεῖσ ὄντασ, ὡσ ἀνιᾶσθαί με, εἰ τοιοῦτοι ἄνδρεσ ἄριστοι τὰ πάντα ὅμωσ χαίρουσιν αὑτούσ τε καὶ τοὺσ ἐντυγχάνοντασ ἐξαπατῶντεσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 2:6)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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