ψευδώνυμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) + ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă, “name”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pseu̯.dɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psewˈdo.ny.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pseβˈðo.ny.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psevˈðo.ny.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psevˈðo.ni.mos/
Adjective
ψευδώνῠμος • (pseudṓnŭmos) m or f (neuter ψευδώνῠμον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ψευδώνῠμος pseudṓnŭmos |
ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnŭmon |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnŭ́mō |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnŭ́mō |
ψευδώνῠμοι pseudṓnŭmoi |
ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnŭmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ψευδωνῠ́μου pseudōnŭ́mou |
ψευδωνῠ́μου pseudōnŭ́mou |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnŭ́moin |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnŭ́moin |
ψευδωνῠ́μων pseudōnŭ́mōn |
ψευδωνῠ́μων pseudōnŭ́mōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ψευδωνῠ́μῳ pseudōnŭ́mōi |
ψευδωνῠ́μῳ pseudōnŭ́mōi |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnŭ́moin |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnŭ́moin |
ψευδωνῠ́μοις pseudōnŭ́mois |
ψευδωνῠ́μοις pseudōnŭ́mois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnŭmon |
ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnŭmon |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnŭ́mō |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnŭ́mō |
ψευδωνῠ́μους pseudōnŭ́mous |
ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnŭmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ψευδώνῠμε pseudṓnŭme |
ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnŭmon |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnŭ́mō |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnŭ́mō |
ψευδώνῠμοι pseudṓnŭmoi |
ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnŭmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ψευδωνῠ́μως pseudōnŭ́mōs |
ψευδωνῠμώτερος pseudōnŭmṓteros |
ψευδωνῠμώτᾰτος pseudōnŭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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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