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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

  • καὶ ὅλωσ ὃ μὲν φιλαλήθησ, ὃ δὲ φιλοψευδήσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 134:1)
  • Ζεῦ πάτερ ἦ ῥά νυ καὶ σὺ φιλοψευδὴσ ἐτέτυξο πάγχυ μάλ’· (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 10:6)

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

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