ψεῦδος, εος, τό,
Epic dialect dative plural ψεύδεσσι, see at {ψευδής} I.2: (ψεύδω):— falsehood, lie, ψεύδεα.. ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.203, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 27; ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.81; ψεῦδος δ᾽ οὐκ ἐρέει 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.20 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί whether the promise be a lie or no, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.349; οὔτι ψεῦδος ἐμὰς ἄτας κατέλεξας 9.115; ψεύδεσσιν θέλγειν τινά 21.276, compare 23.576, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.387; οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.19 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψ. ποικίλα, αἰόλον ψ., [[ [prev. author] “O.” 1.29, “N.” 8.25 ] Refs]; ψ. γλυκύ a sweet deceit, [[ [prev. author] “P.” 2.37; ψεῦδος οὐδὲν ὧν λέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1220; οὐδὲν ἕρπει ψ. εἰς γῆρας χρόνου [prev. author] “fragment” 62; εἴ τι ψεῦδος εἴρηκα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.2; ψ. ἐπιφέρειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.41: ψ. λέγειν distinguished from ψεύδεσθαι, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.42. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in Logic, false conclusion, fallacy, συλλογισμὸς τοῦ ψεύδους [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 61b3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; συμβαίνει ψ.[[ [prev. work] 37a36:] Refs] —in “NT” of what is opposed to religious truth, false doctrine, [[NT.Rom.1.25] NT]; ποιῶν βδέλυγμα καὶ ψ., i.e. doing what is repugnant to the true faith, [[ NT.Rev.21.27 ] NT]; of false anatomical doctrine, τὸ οἴεσθαι.. ψ. ἐστι [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.17. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II in [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.24 ψεύδεα] Refs 3rd c.BC+] are spots, pimples on the nose; supposed to be characteristic of liars, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]); compare ψυδράκιον.