cheat by lies, beguile,
ψεύδω, S. Ant. 389 , etc.:fut.
A.
ψεύσω
Id. OC 628
, X. Cyr. 1.5.13 :aor.
ἔψευσα
A. Pers. 472
, Plb. 18.11.11 , etc.:— Pass. ,fut.
ψευσθήσομαι
S. Tr. 712
, Gal. 15.143 :aor.
ἐψεύσθην
Hdt. 1.141
, etc.:pf. ἔψευσμαι(v. infr.); imper. ἐψεύσθω
Aeschin. 1.162
:—cheat by lies, beguile, τινα
S. OC 628 , etc.:— Pass. ,to be cheated, deceived,
A. Ch. 759 , etc.;εἰ μὴ πολύ γε ἔψευσμαιunlessI ammuchdeceived,
Antipho 3.2.1 .
2. c. gen.,cheat, balk, disappointoneofa thing, ψεύσει ς' ὁδοῦ τῆσδ' ἐλπίς
E. Hec. 1031
; ἔψευσας φρενῶν Πέρσας
A. Pers. 472
; μὴ ψεῦσον ῶ̓ Ζεῦ τῆς ἐπιούσης ἐλπίδος
Ar. Th. 870
; πιστεύω . . μὴ ψεύσειν με . . τὰς ἐλπίδας
X. Cyr. 1.5.13
; πόλλ' ἐλπίδες ψεύδουσι καὶ λόγοι βροτούς
E. Fr. 650
:— Pass. ,to be cheated balked, disappointed, τινος ofa thing,ψευσθῆναι ἐλπίδος, γάμου,
Hdt. 1.141 , 5.47 ; ἐνάρων
S. Aj. 178
(lyr.); δείπνου
Ar. Nu. 618
(troch.);ψευσθέντες τῶν σκοπῶν disappointed of receiving tidingsfrom the scouts, Th. 8.103 .
3. in Pass. , also,to be deceived, mistaken inorabouta thing,ἐψευσμένοι γνώμης deceivedin their judgement,mistakenin opinion, Hdt. 8.40 , cf. S. Tr. 712 (also ψευσθῆναι γνώμῃ
Hdt. 7.9
.γ́); ἐψευσμένοι τῆς Ἀθηναίων δυνάμεως deceivedormistaken in their notions ofthe Athenian power, Th. 4.108 ;πολλῶν ἐψεύσθητε τῆς οὐσίαςyou have oftenhad a mistaken idea ofa man's wealth, Lys. 19.45 ; τούτου οὐκ ἐψεύσθην
Pl. Ap. 22d
; ἐψεῦσθαι τῆς ἀληθείας
Id. R. 413a
; τῆς ὥρας
And. 1.38
; ἐψευσμένοι τῶν ὄντων
Pl. Tht. 195a
;ἐψεῦσθαι ἑαυτῶν,opp.εἰδέναι ἑαυτούς,
X. Mem. 4.2.26 ; also ψευσθῆναι ἔν τισι
Hdt. 9.48
; περί τινος
X. An. 2.6.28
, Pl. Prt. 358c : also c. acc., ἐψεύσθη τοῦτο
X. An. 1.8.11
, etc.;αὐτοὺς ἐψευσμένη ἡ Ἑλλάς deceived in its estimate ofthem, Th. 6.17 (whereαὐτοὺςis prob. corrupt, and shd. perh. be omitted): c. acc. cogn.,εὐτυχέστατον ψεῦσμα ἐψευσμένοςmost happilydeceivedormistaken,
Pl. Men. 71d : more rarely in Act. ,καί μ' ἔψευσας ἐλπίδος πολύthou hast muchbeliedmy expectation, i.e. turned out better than I feared, S. Aj. 1382 .
4. of statements,to be untrue, ἡ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν μάλιστα ἔψευσταιthe third mode of explanationismostuntrue,mostmistaken,
Hdt. 2.22 .
II. c. acc. rei, like ψευδοποιέω
11 ,representa thingas a lie, falsify,
ψεύδοντες οὐδὲν σῆμα τῶν προκειμένων
S. OC 1512
(prob. forσημάτων); ψεύδει ἡ ̓πίνοια τὴν γνώμηνafterthoughtgivesopinionthe lie,
Id. Ant. 389 :— Pass. ,ἢν τάδε ψευσθῇ λέγωνif his wordprove(lit.be proved) false,
Id. Ph. 1342 ;ἡ ψευσθεῖσα ὑπόσχεσιςthe promisebroken,
Th. 3.66 ; πάντα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔψευσται have been falsely reported,
D. 52.23
; in E. Andr. 346 forἀλλὰ ψεύσεται it will be falsely said,Porson's correctionἐψεύσεταιis probable (πεύσεταιKiehl).
B. earlier and more commonψεύδομαι, imper. ψεύδεο
Il. 4.404
(the Act. is very rare in Att. Prose):fut.
ψεύσομαι
Hom.
, Pi. , Att. : aorἐψευσάμην, v.infr.:fut.
2
ἐψεύσομαι(will have made a false statement) Gal. 15.137 (s. v.l.):pf.
ἔψευσμαι
X. An. 1.3.10
.
I. abs.,lie, speak false, play false,
ψεύσομαι ῆ̓ ἔτυμον ἐρέω;
Il. 10.534
, Od. 4.140 ; οὐκ οῖ̓δα ψεύδεσθαι
h.Merc. 369
; οὐ ψεύσομ' ἀμφὶ Κορίνθῳ
Pi. O. 13.52
; περί τινος
Pl. Prt. 347a
;ψ. κατά τινος,opp.λέγειν τἀληθῆ κατά τινος,
Id. Euthd. 284a , Lys. 22.7 ; ψ. πρός τινα
X. An. 1.3.5
; ψ. τινι
Act.Ap. 5.4
and εἴς τινα
Ep.Col. 3.9
.
2. c.inf.,say falsely, pretendthat . . , Plu. 2.506d .
3. c. acc. rei,say that which is untrue,whether intentionally or not, τοῦτό γ' οὐκ ἐψεύσατο
Ar. Ec. 445
; οὐδὲν αὐτῶν ψεύδεται
Id. Ach. 561
; κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον, φάσκειν ἔμ' ἤδη μαντικῇ μηδὲν φρονεῖν
S. OT 461
; ἐάν τι μὴ ἀληθὲς λέγω . . , εἰπὲ ὅτι τοῦτο ψεύδομαι: ἑκὼν γὰρ εῖ̓ναι οὐδὲν ψεύσομαι
Pl. Smp. 214e
, cf. X. Mem. 4.2.19 ; περὶ ῶ̔ν ἔψευσται διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς
Lys. 3.21
.
4. to be falseorfaithless, to be perjuredorforsworn,
Hes. Op. 283 .
5. ὁ ψευδόμενος,theLiar,name of a fallacy or logical puzzle invented by Eubulides, a disciple of Euclides of Megara, Thphr. ap. D.L. 2.108 , cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.92 (ψευδόμενοςis an interpolation in ὁ σοφιστικὸς λόγος ψ.
Arist. EN 1146a22
).
II. like
Act.
11 ,belie, falsify, ὅρκια ψεύσασθαι breakthem, Il. 7.352 ; so συνθήκας ψ.
X. Ages. 1.12
; γάμους
E. Ba. 31
, 245 ; so inplpf., ἔψευστο τὴν ξυμμαχίαν
Th. 5.83
; so alsoοὐκ ἐψεύσαντο τὰς ἀπειλάς they didnotbelie,i.e. they made good, their threats, Hdt. 6.32 ;τὰ χρήματα . . ἐψευσμένοι ῆ̓σαν had broken their wordabout the money, X. An. 5.6.35 .
III. like
Act.
1 ,deceive by lies, cheat,
Αοξίαν ἐψευσάμην
A. Ag. 1208
, cf. X. HG 3.1.25 ; alsoψ. τινά τι deceiveoneina thing, S. OC 1145 , E. Alc. 808 ;ἅπερ αὐτὸν οὐ ψεύσομαιand therein Iwillnotdisappointhim (ironical), i.e. I will carry out my threat, And. 1.123 ;τῶν ἔργων ῶ̔ν ἂν τὸν ἐκδόντα ψεύσηται(ῶ̔νbeing in gen. by attraction) Pl. Lg. 921a .
IV. of combinations of words,make a false statement,
Arist. Int. 16a3 .
