διαψεύδω

diapseudo

deceive

Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.

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Metaphysics 8
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Book Γ 6
Chapter 3 1005a19–1005b34

1005b12
1005b31

Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5

1008b3
1008b34

Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2

1009a11
1009a14
Book Κ 2
Chapter 5 1061b34–1062b11

1061b34

Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35

1062b35
Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book VI 3
Chapter 3 1139b14–36

1139b17

Chapter 6 1140b31–1141a8

1141a3

Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36

1144a35
Book IX 1
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36

1165b8
Generation of Animals 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 6 756b13–757a13

756b18
757a2
De Interpretatione 2
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Chapter 14 23a27–24b9

23b21
23b31
Prior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 34 47b40–48a28

47b40
History of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 22 523a13–27

523a17
On Dreams 1
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Chapter 2 459a23–460b27

460b23
On Memory 1
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Chapter 2 451a18–453b11

452b25
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1323a14–1324a4

1323a33
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1378a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαψεύδω, A. deceive, D. Ep. 3.34:—Med., abs., And. 1.42: c. acc., Plu. Fab. 7. 2. Med., deny, disclaim, A.D. Synt. 115.24, Pron. 81.17. II. cheat, [πατρίδα ἐλπίδων] Plb. 3.109.12:—usu. Pass.: pf. διέψευσμαι: aor. διεψεύσθην:—to be deceived, mistaken, Isoc. 5.1, D. 1.22; τινός to be cheated of, deceived in a person or thing, X. Mem. 4.2.27, D. 23.19; τῆς ψυχῆς τινῶν πέρι Pl. Ep. 351d; περί τι Arist. EN 1144a35; τι in a thing, Id. Pol. 1323a33; ὑπολήψει καὶ δόξῃ Id. EN 1139b17; λογισμοῖς Plb. 3.16.5: abs., μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι BGU 21i13 (iv A. D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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