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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

  • "ἀνάκριναι δ’ αὐτόσ, ἔφην, οὐ ψεύδομαι" . (Flavius Josephus, 353:2)
  • διόπερ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὑπὸ κενοδοξίασ ἀπολιπεῖν τι σπουδάσασ τοῖσ μεθ’ ἡμᾶσ, ἵνα μὴ μόνοσ ἄμοιροσ ὦ τῆσ ἐν τῷ μυθολογεῖν ἐλευθερίασ, ἐπεὶ μηδὲν ἀληθὲσ ἱστορεῖν εἶχον ‐ οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐπεπόνθειν ἀξιόλογον ‐ ἐπὶ τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἐτραπόμην πολὺ τῶν ἄλλων εὐγνωμονέστερον κἂν ἓν γὰρ δὴ τοῦτο ἀληθεύσω λέγων ὅτι ψεύδομαι. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 4:3)
  • καὶ ἐάν τισ ἐλέγξῃ με ὅτι ψεύδομαι, χρήσασθέ μοι ὅ τι βούλεσθε. (Andocides, Speeches, 51:2)
  • νῦν γὰρ ἐμὲ μὲν λόγον δεῖ δοῦναι τῶν ἐμοὶ πεπραγμένων μετὰ τῆσ ἀληθείασ, αὐτῶν παρόντων οἵπερ ἥμαρτον καὶ ἔφυγον ταῦτα ποιήσαντεσ, ἴσασι δὲ ἄριστα εἴτε ψεύδομαι εἴτε ἀληθῆ λέγω, ἔξεστι δὲ αὐτοῖσ ἐλέγχειν με ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λόγῳ· (Andocides, Speeches, 96:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποισ ἁπάντων ἡγησάμενοσ δεινότατον εἶναι ἀδικεῖσθαι μὲν αὐτόσ, ἕτερον δ’ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἀδικουμένου τοὔνομα παρέχειν, καὶ εἶναι ἄν τι τούτοισ τοῦτο τεκμήριον, ὁπότε ἐγὼ λέγοιμι τὴν ἔχθραν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, ὡσ ψεύδομαι οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε ἕτερον ἀπογράψαι, εἴπερ ἐγὼ αὐτὸσ ἠδικούμην, διὰ μὲν ταῦτα ἀπέγραψα. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 3:2)

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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