ψευδεπίγραφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) + ἐπῐγρᾰφή (epĭgrăphḗ, “inscription”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pseu̯.de.pí.ɡra.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psew.deˈpi.ɡra.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pseβ.ðeˈpi.ɣra.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psev.ðeˈpi.ɣra.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psev.ðeˈpi.ɣra.fos/
Adjective
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφος • (pseudepĭ́grăphos) m or f (neuter ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφον); second declension
- with false superscription or title, not genuine
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφος pseudepĭ́grăphos |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφον pseudepĭ́grăphon |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φω pseudepĭgrắphō |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φω pseudepĭgrắphō |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφοι pseudepĭ́grăphoi |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφᾰ pseudepĭ́grăphă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φου pseudepĭgrắphou |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φου pseudepĭgrắphou |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φοιν pseudepĭgrắphoin |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φοιν pseudepĭgrắphoin |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φων pseudepĭgrắphōn |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φων pseudepĭgrắphōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φῳ pseudepĭgrắphōi |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φῳ pseudepĭgrắphōi |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φοιν pseudepĭgrắphoin |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φοιν pseudepĭgrắphoin |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φοις pseudepĭgrắphois |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φοις pseudepĭgrắphois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφον pseudepĭ́grăphon |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφον pseudepĭ́grăphon |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φω pseudepĭgrắphō |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φω pseudepĭgrắphō |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φους pseudepĭgrắphous |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφᾰ pseudepĭ́grăphă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφε pseudepĭ́grăphe |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφον pseudepĭ́grăphon |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φω pseudepĭgrắphō |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φω pseudepĭgrắphō |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφοι pseudepĭ́grăphoi |
ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφᾰ pseudepĭ́grăphă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ψευδεπῐγρᾰ́φως pseudepĭgrắphōs |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰφώτερος pseudepĭgrăphṓteros |
ψευδεπῐγρᾰφώτᾰτος pseudepĭgrăphṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → French: pseudépigraphe
Further reading
- “ψευδεπίγραφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψευδεπίγραφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette