Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ψευδώνυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψευδώνυμος ψευδώνυμον

Structure: ψευδωνυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/noma

Sense

  1. under a false name, falsely called, by a false name

Examples

  • οἶδα γοῦν ἐμαυτὸν ἐν Ῥώμῃ δυεῖν ἀδελφῶν ἀναδεξάμενον δίαιταν, ὧν ἅτεροσ ἐδόκει φιλοσοφεῖν ἦν δ’ ὡσ ἐοίκεν οὐ μόνον ἀδελφὸσ ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλόσοφοσ ψευδεπίγραφοσ καὶ ψευδώνυμοσ· (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 41)
  • ἦν δ’ ὡσ ἐοίκεν οὐ μόνον ἀδελφὸσ ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλόσοφοσ ψευδεπίγραφοσ καὶ ψευδώνυμοσ· (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 42)
  • ἦ δῆτ’ ἂν εἰή πανδίκωσ ψευδώνυμοσ Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένασ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 1:11)

Synonyms

  1. under a false name

Related

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

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