ἀψευδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ ψευδής (pseudḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ap.seu̯.dɛ̌ːs/ → /ap.seβˈðis/ → /ap.sevˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ap.seu̯.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ap.sewˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ap.seβˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ap.sevˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ap.sevˈðis/

Adjective

ἀψευδής • (apseudḗs) m or f (neuter ἀψευδές); third declension

1. truthfully, without lying

Declension

Third declension of ἀψευδής; ἀψευδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀψευδής apseudḗs	ἀψευδές apseudés		ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî	ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî		ἀψευδεῖς apseudeîs	ἀψευδῆ apseudê
Genitive		ἀψευδοῦς apseudoûs	ἀψευδοῦς apseudoûs		ἀψευδοῖν apseudoîn	ἀψευδοῖν apseudoîn		ἀψευδῶν apseudôn	ἀψευδῶν apseudôn
Dative		ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî	ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî		ἀψευδοῖν apseudoîn	ἀψευδοῖν apseudoîn		ἀψευδέσῐ / ἀψευδέσῐν apseudési(n)	ἀψευδέσῐ / ἀψευδέσῐν apseudési(n)
Accusative		ἀψευδῆ apseudê	ἀψευδές apseudés		ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî	ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî		ἀψευδεῖς apseudeîs	ἀψευδῆ apseudê
Vocative		ἀψευδές apseudés	ἀψευδές apseudés		ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî	ἀψευδεῖ apseudeî		ἀψευδεῖς apseudeîs	ἀψευδῆ apseudê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀψευδῶς apseudôs			ἀψευδέστερος apseudésteros			ἀψευδέστᾰτος apseudéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἀληθής (alēthḗs, “honest”)

References

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