ψεῦδος
pseudos
falsehood, lie
Appears 63 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ψεῦδος, εος, τό, Ep. dat. pl. ψεύδεσσι, A. v. ψευδής I.2: (ψεύδω):— falsehood, lie, ψεύδεα . . ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα Od. 19.203, Th. 27; ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν Il. 2.81; ψεῦδος δʼ οὐκ ἐρέει Od. 3.20; εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί whether the promise be a lie or no, Il. 2.349; οὔτι ψεῦδος ἐμὰς ἄτας κατέλεξας 9.115; ψεύδεσσιν θέλγειν τινά 21.276, cf. 23.576, Od. 14.387; οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον O. 4.19; ψ. ποικίλα, αἰόλον ψ., O. 1.29, N. 8.25; ψ. γλυκύ a sweet deceit, P. 2.37; ψεῦδος οὐδὲν ὧν λέγω El. 1220; οὐδὲν ἕρπει ψ. εἰς γῆρας χρόνου Fr. 62; εἴ τι ψεῦδος εἴρηκα 3.4.2; ψ. ἐπιφέρειν 3.41: ψ. λέγειν distd. fr. ψεύδεσθαι, Stoic. 2.42. 2. in Logic, false conclusion, fallacy, συλλογισμὸς τοῦ ψεύδους APr. 61b3; συμβαίνει ψ. ib.37a36:—in NT of what is opposed to religious truth, false doctrine, 1.25; ποιῶν βδέλυγμα καὶ ψ., i.e. doing what is repugnant to the true faith, Apoc. 21.27; of false anatomical doctrine, τὸ οἴεσθαι . . ψ. ἐστι 1.17. II. in 12.24 ψεύδεα are spots, pimples on the nose; supposed to be characteristic of liars, cf. Sch. ad loc.; cf. ψυδράκιον. 2. white spots on the fingernails, Pr.Anecd. 2.58. III. In ψεῦδος is freq. opp. ἀληθές, Grg. 505e, R. 382d, Euthd. 272b, al.; so almost like an Adj. (cf. ψευδής init.), ὄνομα ψεῦδος καὶ ἀληθὲς λέγειν Cra. 385c; παράδοξόν τε καὶ ψεῦδος ὄνομα Plt. 281b: cf. Heracl. 462 codd.
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