ψευδής: Difference between revisions

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