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|mdlsjtxt=[Root yud]<br />A. to [[cheat]] by lies, [[beguile]], Soph., etc.:—Pass. to be cheated, deceived, Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ψ. τινά τινος to [[cheat]], [[balk]], [[disappoint]] one of a [[thing]], Aesch., Soph.; also c. acc. rei, ἐλπίδας ψ. τινά Xen.: —Pass. to be cheated, balked, disappointed of a [[thing]], ψευσθῆναι ἐλπίδος, γάμου Hdt.; δείπνου Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Pass., also, to be deceived, [[mistaken]] in or [[about]] a [[thing]], ἐψευσμένοι γνώμης [[mistaken]] in [[opinion]], Hdt.; ἐψευσμένοι τῆς τῶν Ἀθηναίων δυνάμεως deceived in [[their]] notions of the Athenian [[power]], Thuc.; ἐψεῦσθαι ἑαυτῶν, Opp. to [[εἰδέναι]] ἑαυτούς, Xen.:—also, ψευσθῆναι ἔν τινι Hdt.; [[περί]] τινος Xen.: also c. acc., αὐτοὺς ἐψευσμένη [[Ἑλλάς]] deceived in its [[estimate]] of them, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of statements, to be [[untrue]], ἡ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν [[μάλιστα]] ἔψευσται Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> c. acc. rei, like [[ψευδοποιέω]], to [[represent]] a [[thing]] as a lie, to [[falsify]], Soph.:—Pass., ἡ ψευσθεῖσα [[ὑπόσχεσις]] the [[promise]] [[broken]], Thuc.<br />B. earlier and [[more]] [[common]] is the Mid. [[ψεύδομαι]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> absol. to lie, [[speak]] false, [[play]] false, Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. rei, to say that [[which]] is [[untrue]], ὅτι [[τοῦτο]] [[ψεύδομαι]] Plat.; [[ἅπερ]] αὐτὸν οὐ [[ψεύδομαι]] [[which]] I do not [[speak]] [[falsely]] [[about]] him, Andoc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to be false, [[perjured]] or [[forsworn]], Hes.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> like Act. II, to [[belie]], [[falsify]], ὅρκια ψεύσασθαι to [[break]] them, Il.; so, ψ. γάμους Eur.; so in plup. [[pass]]., ἔψευστο τὴν ξυμμαχίαν Thuc.; τὰ χρήματα ἐψευσμένοι [[ἦσαν]] had [[broken]] [[their]] [[word]] [[about]] the [[money]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> like Act. I, to [[deceive]] by lies, [[cheat]], Aesch., Eur.; ψ. τινά τι to [[deceive]] one in a [[thing]], Soph., Eur.<br /><br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[cheat]] by lies, [[beguile]], Soph., etc.:—Pass. to be cheated, deceived, Aesch, etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ψ. τινά τινος to [[cheat]], [[balk]], [[disappoint]] one of a [[thing]], Aesch., Soph.; also c. acc. rei, ἐλπίδας ψ. τινά Xen.:—Pass. to be cheated, balked, disappointed of a [[thing]], ψευσθῆναι ἐλπίδος, γάμου Hdt.; δείπνου Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Pass., also, to be deceived, [[mistaken]] in or [[about]] a [[thing]], ἐψευσμένοι γνώμης [[mistaken]] in [[opinion]], Hdt.; ἐψευσμένοι τῆς τῶν Ἀθηναίων δυνάμεως deceived in [[their]] notions of the Athenian [[power]], Thuc.; ἐψεῦσθαι ἑαυτῶν, Opp. to [[εἰδέναι]] ἑαυτούς, Xen.:—also, ψευσθῆναι ἔν τινι Hdt.; [[περί]] τινος Xen.: also c. acc., αὐτοὺς ἐψευσμένη [[Ἑλλάς]] deceived in its [[estimate]] of them, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of statements, to be [[untrue]], ἡ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν [[μάλιστα]] ἔψευσται Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> c. acc. rei, like [[ψευδοποιέω]], to [[represent]] a [[thing]] as a lie, to [[falsify]], Soph.:—Pass., ἡ ψευσθεῖσα [[ὑπόσχεσις]] the [[promise]] [[broken]], Thuc.<br />B. earlier and [[more]] [[common]] is the Dep. yeu/domai, Ep. imper. ψεύδεο; f. ψεύσομαι; aor. 1 ἐψευσάμην; pf. [[ἔψευσμαι]];<br /><b class="num">I.</b> absol. to lie, [[speak]] false, [[play]] false, Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. rei, to say that [[which]] is [[untrue]], ὅτι [[τοῦτο]] [[ψεύδομαι]] Plat.; [[ἅπερ]] αὐτὸν οὐ [[ψεύδομαι]] [[which]] I do not [[speak]] [[falsely]] [[about]] him, Andoc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to be false, [[perjured]] or [[forsworn]], Hes.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> like Act. II, to [[belie]], [[falsify]], ὅρκια ψεύσασθαι to [[break]] them, Il.; so, ψ. γάμους Eur.; so in plqpf. [[pass]]., ἔψευστο τὴν ξυμμαχίαν Thuc.; τὰ χρήματα ἐψευσμένοι [[ἦσαν]] had [[broken]] [[their]] [[word]] [[about]] the [[money]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> like Act. 1, to [[deceive]] by lies, [[cheat]], Aesch., Eur.; ψ. τινά τι to [[deceive]] one in a [[thing]], Soph., Eur.

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