ψεύδους (pseudous)

ψεύδους is an Ancient Greek form of ψευδής, meaning “false”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of ψεῦδος, “lie, falsehood”. It is the genitive singular neuter noun.

Found 80 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 3.1.60: τῆς ἑβδόμης ἡγοῦνται Ἱππίαι δύο — α′ ἢ περὶ τοῦ καλοῦ, β′ ἢ περὶ τοῦ ψεύδους -ἀνατρεπτικοί· Ἴων ἢ περὶ Ἰλιάδος, πειραστικός· Μενέξενος ἢ ἐπιτάφιος, ἠθικός. τῆς ὀγδόης ἡγεῖται Κλειτοφῶν ἢ …

Plutarch, Caius Marius 8.2: … τους, ὥστε ἄκοντα τὸν Μέτελλον ἐκβιασθῆναι καὶ καταψηφίσασθαι θάνατον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. μετʼ ὀλίγον δὲ τῆς αἰτίας ψευδοῦς φανείσης, οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι συνήχθοντο τῷ Μετέλλῳ βαρέως φέροντι, Μάριος δὲ χαίρων καὶ ποιούμενος ἴδιον τὸ ἔργον ο …

All forms of ψευδής (declension 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.