δια-ψεύδω,
deceive, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.34 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, absolutely, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.42: with _accusative_, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 middle, deny, disclaim, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 115.24, “Pron.” 81.17. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II cheat, [πατρίδα ἐλπίδων] [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.109.12:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —usually passive: perfect διέψευσμαι: aorist διεψεύσθην:—to be deceived, mistaken, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινός to be cheated of, deceived in a person or thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.19; τῆς ψυχῆς τινῶν πέρι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 351d; περί τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1144a35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τι in a thing, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1323a33; ὑπολήψει καὶ δόξῃ [prev. author] “EN” 1139b17; λογισμοῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.16.5: _absolutely_, μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι “BGU” 21i13 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]