Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ψεύδομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψεύδομαι

Structure: ψεύδ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. I lie, tell lies

Examples

  • σκέψασθε δὲ πρῶτον τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν, τίνοσ ἕνεκεν ἂν ψεύδοιτο καὶ τοῦτον μὴ ὄντα αὐτοῦ υἱὸν εἰσεποιεῖτο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 172)
  • ἔπειτα ὀμόσασ ὅτι πρὸσ ἀδικοῦσαν ἔρχεται πόλιν καὶ ἀρὰσ τὰσ μεγίστασ εἰ ψεύδοιτο ἐπαρασάμενοσ ἑαυτῷ τε καὶ τῇ Ῥώμῃ, τότ’ ἐντὸσ ᾔει τῶν ὁρ́ων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 72 10:1)
  • τρίτον μὴν ἄγνοιαν λέγων ἄν τισ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αἰτίαν οὐκ ἂν ψεύδοιτο· (Plato, Laws, book 9 65:1)
  • πότερον διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι τὰ παλαιὰ ἀφομοιῶν ἂν ψεύδοιτο; (Plato, Republic, book 2 456:2)
  • ἀλλὰ δεδιὼσ τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ ψεύδοιτο; (Plato, Republic, book 2 460:1)

Synonyms

  1. I lie

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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