ψευδώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) +‎ ὄνῠμᾰ (ónuma, “name”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseu̯.dɔ̌ː.ny.mos/ → /pseβˈðo.ny.mos/ → /psevˈðo.ni.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.dɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psewˈdo.ny.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβˈðo.ny.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psevˈðo.ny.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psevˈðo.ni.mos/

Adjective

ψευδώνῠμος • (pseudṓnumos) m or f (neuter ψευδώνῠμον); second declension

1. under a false name, falsely called

Inflection

Second declension of ψευδώνῠμος; ψευδώνῠμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψευδώνῠμος pseudṓnumos	ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon		ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō	ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō		ψευδώνῠμοι pseudṓnumoi	ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnuma
Genitive		ψευδωνῠ́μου pseudōnúmou	ψευδωνῠ́μου pseudōnúmou		ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin	ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin		ψευδωνῠ́μων pseudōnúmōn	ψευδωνῠ́μων pseudōnúmōn
Dative		ψευδωνῠ́μῳ pseudōnúmōi	ψευδωνῠ́μῳ pseudōnúmōi		ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin	ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin		ψευδωνῠ́μοις pseudōnúmois	ψευδωνῠ́μοις pseudōnúmois
Accusative		ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon	ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon		ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō	ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō		ψευδωνῠ́μους pseudōnúmous	ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnuma
Vocative		ψευδώνῠμε pseudṓnume	ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon		ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō	ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō		ψευδώνῠμοι pseudṓnumoi	ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnuma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ψευδωνῠ́μως pseudōnúmōs			ψευδωνῠμώτερος pseudōnumṓteros			ψευδωνῠμώτᾰτος pseudōnumṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: pseudonyme
• → Italian: pseudonimo
• → Latin: pseudōnymus
  • → English: pseudonym
• → Portuguese: pseudónimo, pseudônimo (Brazil)

Further reading

• “ψευδώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψευδώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψευδώνυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette