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

  • αἱ δ’ ἀπὸ θεάτρων ἢ νεμήσεων ἢ μονομάχων ψευδώνυμοι τιμαὶ καὶ ψευδομάρτυρεσ ἑταιρικαῖσ ἐοίκασι κολακείαισ ὄχλων, ἀεὶ τῷ διδόντι καὶ χαριζομένῳ προσμειδιώντων ἐφήμερὸν τινα καὶ ἀβέβαιον δόξαν. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 29 1:1)

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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