ψύθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψύδος (psúdos)

Etymology

Related to ψυδρός (psudrós, “false”) and ψεύδομαι (pseúdomai, “to lie; to be mistaken, false”), and thus probably of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the interchange δ/θ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psý.tʰos/ → /ˈpsy.θos/ → /ˈpsi.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psý.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.θos/

Noun

ψῠ́θος • (psúthos) n (genitive ψῠ́θεος); third declension

1. lie, untruth

   Synonyms: ψεῦδος (pseûdos), ψεῦσμα (pseûsma), ψούδιον (psoúdion)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῠ́θος; τοῦ ψῠ́θεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῠ́θος tò psúthos	τὼ ψῠ́θεε tṑ psúthee	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́θεᾰ tà psúthea
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠ́θεος toû psútheos	τοῖν ψῠθέοιν toîn psuthéoin	τῶν ψῠθέων tôn psuthéōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠ́θεῐ̈ tôi psútheï	τοῖν ψῠθέοιν toîn psuthéoin	τοῖς ψῠ́θεσῐ / ψῠ́θεσῐν toîs psúthesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῠ́θος tò psúthos	τὼ ψῠ́θεε tṑ psúthee	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́θεᾰ tà psúthea
Vocative	ψῠ́θος psúthos	ψῠ́θεε psúthee	ψῠ́θεᾰ psúthea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψύθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψύθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette