ψύθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ψύδος (psúdos)

Etymology

Related to ψυδρός (psudrós, “false”) and ψεύδομαι (pseúdomai, “to lie; to be mistaken, false”), and thus probably of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the interchange δ/θ.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psý.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.θos/

Noun

ψῠ́θος • (psŭ́thos) n (genitive ψῠ́θεος); third declension

lie, untruth
Synonyms: ψεῦδος (pseûdos), ψεῦσμα (pseûsma), ψούδιον (psoúdion)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῠ́θος; τοῦ ψῠ́θεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῠ́θος tò psŭ́thos	τὼ ψῠ́θεε tṑ psŭ́thee	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́θεᾰ tằ psŭ́theă
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠ́θεος toû psŭ́theos	τοῖν ψῠθέοιν toîn psŭthéoin	τῶν ψῠθέων tôn psŭthéōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠ́θεῐ̈ tōî psŭ́theĭ̈	τοῖν ψῠθέοιν toîn psŭthéoin	τοῖς ψῠ́θεσῐ / ψῠ́θεσῐν toîs psŭ́thesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῠ́θος tò psŭ́thos	τὼ ψῠ́θεε tṑ psŭ́thee	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́θεᾰ tằ psŭ́theă
Vocative	ψῠ́θος psŭ́thos	ψῠ́θεε psŭ́thee	ψῠ́θεᾰ psŭ́theă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ψεύδομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1663–1664