ψευδαπόστολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) +‎ ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “apostle; ambassador”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseβ.ðaˈpos.to.los/ → /psev.ðaˈpos.to.los/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psew.daˈpos.to.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβ.ðaˈpos.to.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psev.ðaˈpos.to.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psev.ðaˈpos.to.los/

Noun

ψευδᾰπόστολος • (pseudăpóstolos) m (genitive ψευδᾰποστόλου); second declension

1. (Christianity) false ambassador or apostle
   • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 11:13:

     οἱ γὰρ τοιοῦτοι ψευδαπόστολοι, ἐργάται δόλιοι, μετασχηματιζόμενοι εἰς ἀποστόλους Χριστοῦ·

     hoi gàr toioûtoi pseudapóstoloi, ergátai dólioi, metaskhēmatizómenoi eis apostólous Khristoû;

     You see, such men [are] false apostles, deceitful practitioners, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ:

Usage notes

• Primarily attested in the plural in the Pauline epistles, and other Christian literature.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰπόστολος; τοῦ ψευδᾰποστόλου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδᾰπόστολος ho pseudăpóstolos	οἱ ψευδᾰπόστολοι hoi pseudăpóstoloi
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδᾰποστόλου toû pseudăpostólou	τῶν ψευδᾰποστόλων tôn pseudăpostólōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδᾰποστόλῳ tōî pseudăpostólōi	τοῖς ψευδᾰποστόλοις toîs pseudăpostólois
Accusative	τὸν ψευδᾰπόστολον tòn pseudăpóstolon	τοὺς ψευδᾰποστόλους toùs pseudăpostólous
Vocative	ψευδᾰπόστολε pseudăpóstole	ψευδᾰπόστολοι pseudăpóstoloi

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 (galiugaapaustaulus) (calque)

Further reading

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