ψευδοκῆρυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) +‎ κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do.kɛ̂ː.ryks/ → /pseβ.ðoˈci.ryks/ → /psev.ðoˈci.riks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do.kɛ̂ː.ryks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psew.doˈke̝.ryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβ.ðoˈci.ryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psev.ðoˈci.ryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psev.ðoˈci.riks/

Noun

ψευδοκῆρῠξ • (pseudokêrux) m (genitive ψευδοκήρῡκος); third declension

1. false, lying herald

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ψευδοκῆρῠξ; τοῦ ψευδοκήρῡκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδοκῆρῠξ ho pseudokêrux	τὼ ψευδοκήρῡκε tṑ pseudokḗrūke	οἱ ψευδοκήρῡκες hoi pseudokḗrūkes
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδοκήρῡκος toû pseudokḗrūkos	τοῖν ψευδοκηρῡ́κοιν toîn pseudokērū́koin	τῶν ψευδοκηρῡ́κων tôn pseudokērū́kōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδοκήρῡκῐ tôi pseudokḗrūki	τοῖν ψευδοκηρῡ́κοιν toîn pseudokērū́koin	τοῖς ψευδοκήρῡξῐ / ψευδοκήρῡξῐν toîs pseudokḗrūxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ψευδοκήρῡκᾰ tòn pseudokḗrūka	τὼ ψευδοκήρῡκε tṑ pseudokḗrūke	τοὺς ψευδοκήρῡκᾰς toùs pseudokḗrūkas
Vocative	ψευδοκῆρῠξ pseudokêrux	ψευδοκήρῡκε pseudokḗrūke	ψευδοκήρῡκες pseudokḗrūkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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