ψεύδει (pseudei)

ψεύδει is an Ancient Greek form of ψεύδω, meaning “deceive; lie”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

It can also be a form of ψευδής, “false”.

Found 57 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.1.81: … νύξ ἐστιν· ἡμέρα ἄρα ἐστίν. Ἐπʼ ἀληθεῖδʼ ἀληθὲς ἕπεται κατὰ τοὺς Στωικούς, ὡς τῷ ἡμέρα ἐστὶ τὸ φῶς ἐστι· καὶ ψεύδει ψεῦδος, ὡς τῷ νύξ ἐστι ψεύδει τὸ σκότος ἐστί· καὶ ψεύδει ἀληθές, ὡς τῷ ἵπτασθαι τὴν γῆν τὸ εἶναι τὴν γῆν. ἀλη …

Pindar, Olympian 4.17: οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον·

All forms of ψεύδω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.