Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ψεύδω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψεύδω

Structure: ψεύδ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: Root  YUD

Sense

  1. to cheat by lies, beguile, to be cheated, deceived
  2. to cheat, balk, disappoint, of, to be cheated, balked, disappointed, of
  3. to be deceived, mistaken in, about, mistaken, deceived in their notions of, deceived in its estimate of
  4. to be untrue
  5. to represent, as a lie, to falsify, broken
  6. to lie, speak false, play false
  7. to say that which is untrue, I do, speak falsely
  8. to be false, perjured, forsworn
  9. to belie, falsify, to break, had broken their word
  10. to deceive by lies, cheat, to deceive, in

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ψεύδω ψεύδεις ψεύδει
Dual ψεύδετον ψεύδετον
Plural ψεύδομεν ψεύδετε ψεύδουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ψεύδω ψεύδῃς ψεύδῃ
Dual ψεύδητον ψεύδητον
Plural ψεύδωμεν ψεύδητε ψεύδωσιν*
OptativeSingular ψεύδοιμι ψεύδοις ψεύδοι
Dual ψεύδοιτον ψευδοίτην
Plural ψεύδοιμεν ψεύδοιτε ψεύδοιεν
ImperativeSingular ψεύδε ψευδέτω
Dual ψεύδετον ψευδέτων
Plural ψεύδετε ψευδόντων, ψευδέτωσαν
Infinitive ψεύδειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ψευδων ψευδοντος ψευδουσα ψευδουσης ψευδον ψευδοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ψεύδομαι ψεύδει, ψεύδῃ ψεύδεται
Dual ψεύδεσθον ψεύδεσθον
Plural ψευδόμεθα ψεύδεσθε ψεύδονται
SubjunctiveSingular ψεύδωμαι ψεύδῃ ψεύδηται
Dual ψεύδησθον ψεύδησθον
Plural ψευδώμεθα ψεύδησθε ψεύδωνται
OptativeSingular ψευδοίμην ψεύδοιο ψεύδοιτο
Dual ψεύδοισθον ψευδοίσθην
Plural ψευδοίμεθα ψεύδοισθε ψεύδοιντο
ImperativeSingular ψεύδου ψευδέσθω
Dual ψεύδεσθον ψευδέσθων
Plural ψεύδεσθε ψευδέσθων, ψευδέσθωσαν
Infinitive ψεύδεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ψευδομενος ψευδομενου ψευδομενη ψευδομενης ψευδομενον ψευδομενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁππότ’ ἔρισ καὶ νεῖκοσ ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ὄρηται καί ῥ’ ὅστισ ψεύδηται Ὀλύμπια δώματ’ ἐχόντων, Ζεὺσ δέ τε Ἶριν ἔπεμψε θεῶν μέγαν ὁρ́κον ἐνεῖκαι τηλόθεν ἐν χρυσέῃ προχόῳ πολυώνυμον ὕδωρ ψυχρόν, ὅτ’ ἐκ πέτρησ καταλείβεται ἠλιβάτοιο ὑψηλῆσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 74:5)
  • ἀκριβῶσ γὰρ ᾔδει ὅτι εὐθὺσ παραχρῆμα ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἐξελεγχθήσεται, ἐάν τι ψεύδηται· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 48:2)
  • λέγει δ’ ὡσ ὑβριστήσ εἰμι καὶ βίαιοσ καὶ λίαν ἀσελγῶσ διακείμενοσ, ὥσπερ εἰ φοβερῶσ ὀνομάσειε, μέλλων ἀληθῆ λέγειν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ, ἐὰν πάνυ πραόνωσ μηδὲ ψεύδηται, ταῦτα ποιήσων. (Lysias, Speeches, 20:1)
  • ἔτι πᾶν τὸ διανοητὸν καὶ νοητὸν ἡ διάνοια ἢ κατάφησιν ἢ ἀπόφησιν ‐ τοῦτο δ’ ἐξ ὁρισμοῦ δῆλον ‐ ὅταν ἀληθεύῃ ἢ ψεύδηται· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 185:1)
  • ἡγεῖται δέ, ὅταν τι Ψεύδηται, τῶν λόγων ὁρ́κοσ κατὰ τῶν ἀναισχύντων ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ τὰ μὴ γεγενημένα οὐ μόνον ὡσ ἔστι λέγει, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ φησι γενέσθαι· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1532)

Synonyms

  1. to cheat by lies

  2. to lie

  3. to deceive by lies

Related

Derived

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

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