ψεῦσ-μα, ατος, τό,
lie, untruth, fraud, εὐτυχέστατον ψεῦσμα ἐψευσμένος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 71d, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 55, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς ῥινὸς φυομένους ἰόνθους Σικελιῶται ψεύσματα ἔλεγον [[Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.24, cf. Kaibel “CGF” p.218. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]