ψεύσ-της, ου, ὁ,
(ψεύδω) liar, cheat, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.261; ἀνὴρ ψ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209, cf. LXX.Sir.15.8:] LXX+8th c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, ὧν.. ψεῦσται φανούμεθα wherein we shall be found to be liars, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1195, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127b16, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.70 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 adjective, ={ψευδής}, lying, false, ψ. λόγος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψεύστης δ᾽ οτος ἔπεστι λίθος, of a cenotaph, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.273 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸν ψεύσταν δέ με τύμβον.. θέντο· τί θαῦμ; Κρῆτες ὅπου ψεῦσται, καὶ Διός ἐστι τάφος[[ [prev. work] 275 (1st c.AD: Gaetulicus, Cn. Lentulus Epigrammaticus), alluding to Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 1 ] Refs 6th c.BC+], which is cited by [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 8, NT.Tit.1.12. ] NT+3rd c.BC+]