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ψεῦσμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψεῦσμα ψεῦσματος

Structure: ψευσματ (Stem)

Etym.: yeu/dw

Sense

  1. a lie, untruth

Declension

Third declension

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

  • διομόσαιτο δ’ ἂν καὶ τὸν Κροίσου υἱὸν ὀξυηκοώτερον εἶναι τοῦ Μελάμποδοσ καὶ τὸν Φινέα ὀξύτερον δεδορκέναι τοῦ Λυγκέωσ, ἤνπερ μόνον κερδᾶναί τι ἐλπίσῃ ἐπὶ τῷ ψεύσματι. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 20:4)
  • ἐκείνουσ μὲν γὰρ τοὺσ παλαιοὺσ πρὸ ἐμοῦ σὲ χρὴ εἰδέναι, τὸν Ἡρόδοτον καὶ Κτησίαν τὸν Κνίδιον καὶ πρὸ τούτων τοὺσ ποιητὰσ καὶ τὸν Ὅμηρον αὐτόν, ἀοιδίμουσ ἄνδρασ, ἐγγράφῳ τῷ ψεύσματι κεχρημένουσ, ὡσ μὴ μόνουσ ἐξαπατᾶν τοὺσ τότε ἀκούοντασ σφῶν, ἀλλὰ καί μέχρισ ἡμῶν διικνεῖσθαι τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἐκ διαδοχῆσ ἐν καλλίστοισ ἔπεσι καὶ μέτροισ φυλαττόμενον. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 2:7)
  • οἱ δὲ μηδεμιᾶσ ἕνεκα αἰτίασ τοιαύτησ ὅμωσ χαίροντεσ τῷ ψεύσματι παγγέλοιοι εἰκότωσ δοκοῖεν ἄν. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 4:4)
  • εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰσ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡσ ἁμαρτωλὸσ κρίνομαι, καὶ μὴ καθὼσ βλασφημούμεθα [καὶ] καθώσ φασίν τινεσ ἡμᾶσ λέγειν ὅτι Ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 1 76:1)

Synonyms

  1. a lie

Related

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

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