ψευδαπόστολος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) + ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “apostle; ambassador”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psew.daˈpos.to.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pseβ.ðaˈpos.to.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psev.ðaˈpos.to.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psev.ðaˈpos.to.los/
Noun[edit]
ψευδᾰπόστολος • (pseudapóstolos) m (genitive ψευδᾰποστόλου); second declension
- (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 practioners, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ:
- οἱ γὰρ τοιοῦτοι ψευδαπόστολοι, ἐργάται δόλιοι, μετασχηματιζόμενοι εἰς ἀποστόλους Χριστοῦ·
Usage notes[edit]
- Primarily attested in the plural in the Pauline epistles, and other Christian literature.
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ὁ ψευδᾰπόστολος ho pseudapóstolos |
οἱ ψευδᾰπόστολοι hoi pseudapóstoloi |
Genitive | τοῦ ψευδᾰποστόλου toû pseudapostólou |
τῶν ψευδᾰποστόλων tôn pseudapostólōn |
Dative | τῷ ψευδᾰποστόλῳ tôi pseudapostólōi |
τοῖς ψευδᾰποστόλοις toîs pseudapostólois |
Accusative | τὸν ψευδᾰπόστολον tòn pseudapóstolon |
τοὺς ψευδᾰποστόλους toùs pseudapostólous |
Vocative | ψευδᾰπόστολε pseudapóstole |
ψευδᾰπόστολοι pseudapóstoloi |
Descendants[edit]
- → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 (galiugaapaustaulus) (calque)
Further reading[edit]
- “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
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