Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Κόνων δὲ τῇ περὶ Κνίδον ναυμαχίᾳ νικήσασ Λακεδαιμονίουσ καὶ τειχίσασ τὸν Πειραιᾶ ἑκατόμβην τῷ ὄντι θύσασ καὶ ου’ ψευδωνύμωσ, πάντασ Ἀθηναίουσ εἱστίασεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 56)
  • ψευδωνύμωσ σε δαίμονεσ Προμηθέα καλοῦσιν· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 5:21)

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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