ψευδής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές (the neut. sg. <b class="b3">ψευδές</b> is not found in early writers, <b class="b3">ψεῦδος</b> being used instead, cf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ψεῦδος 111; it is found in later Gr., <span class="title">OGI</span>669.54 (Egypt, i A.D.), <span class="bibl">Palaeph.6</span>, al., Gal.18(2).782); gen. sg. ψευδοῦς Id.15.168; old Att. acc. pl. ψευδᾶς <span class="title">IG</span>12.700: (ψεύδομαι):— [[lying]], [[false]], [[untrue]], of things, opp. ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>229</span>; μῦθοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>685</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1288</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν</b> to betake oneself to [[false]]hood, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.117</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι</b>, [[false]] charges, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.183</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 15.138</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.41.3</span>; λόγοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>526</span>; λόγος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>240e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>385b</span>: <b class="b3">ψ. λόγοι</b> are also [[fallacies]], in Logic, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>162b3</span> sqq.; <b class="b3">ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία</b> this [[unreal]] Being (sc. the world of sense), <span class="bibl">Plot.5.8.9</span>: irreg. Sup. ψευδίστατος, εἴδη <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>14.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[lying]], [[false]], and as Subst., [[liar]], οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ' ἀρωγός <span class="bibl">Il.4.235</span> (only here in Hom.; perh. <b class="b3">ψεύδεσσι</b> from <b class="b3">ψεῦδος</b> is the true accent; so Hermappias ap.Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.45</span> against Aristarch. and Ptol.Asc. ibid.); τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ph.</span>992</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>657</span>; ψ. ἔφυς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1608</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. φανήσεσθαι</b> to be detected [[in falsehood]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>148b</span>; Κριτίαν ψευδῆ ἐπιδείξω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>158d</span>: irreg. Sup. ψευδίστατος [[arrant liar]], EM 110.29, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1441.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ψευδῆ</b> [[falsehoods]], [[lies]], οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>625</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.10</span>, etc.; οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅπως λέξαιμι τὰ ψευδῆ καλά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>620</span>; τινὰς ψ. διαβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>64</span>; ψευδῶν συγκολλητής <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>446</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ψευδέων ἀγορή</b>, in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.1</span>. ή, ιβ, said to be a name of <b class="b2">the monkey-market</b>, perhaps as being [[villanous counterfeits of humanity]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[beguiled]], [[deceived]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>852</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. <b class="b3">ψευδῶς</b> [[falsely]], λέγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span>1309</span> codd.; προσποιήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>; [[mistakenly]], ψ. δοξάζειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 40d</span>; ψ. γενέσθαι τὸν φόβον [[groundlessly]], <span class="bibl">Plb.5.110.7</span>.</span>