A.v. ψευδής 1.2: (ψεύδω):— falsehood, lie, “ψεύδεα . . ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα” Od.19.203, Hes.Th.27; “ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν” Il.2.81; “ψεῦδος δ᾽ οὐκ ἐρέει” Od.3.20; εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί whether the promise be a lie or no, Il.2.349; “οὔτι ψεῦδος ἐμὰς ἄτας κατέλεξας” 9.115; “ψεύδεσσιν θέλγειν τινά” 21.276, cf. 23.576, Od.14.387; “οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον” Pi.O.4.19; ψ. ποικίλα, αἰόλον ψ., Id.O.1.29, N.8.25; ψ. γλυκύ a sweet deceit, Id.P.2.37; “ψεῦδος οὐδὲν ὧν λέγω” S.El.1220; “οὐδὲν ἕρπει ψ. εἰς γῆρας χρόνου” Id.Fr.62; “εἴ τι ψεῦδος εἴρηκα” Antipho 3.4.2; “ψ. ἐπιφέρειν” Aeschin.3.41: ψ. λέγειν distd. fr. ψεύδεσθαι, Stoic.2.42.
2. in Logic, false conclusion, fallacy, “συλλογισμὸς τοῦ ψεύδους” Arist.APr.61b3; συμβαίνει ψ. ib.37a36:—in NT of what is opposed to religious truth, false doctrine, Ep.Rom.1.25; ποιῶν βδέλυγμα καὶ ψ., i.e. doing what is repugnant to the true faith, Apoc.21.27; of false anatomical doctrine, “τὸ οἴεσθαι . . ψ. ἐστι” Sor.1.17.
II. in Theoc. 12.24 ψεύδεα are spots, pimples on the nose; supposed to be characteristic of liars, cf. Sch. ad loc.; cf. ψυδράκιον.
2. white spots on the fingernails, Alex.Aphr.Pr.Anecd.2.58.
