Ψύθος
lie
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jan 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] false, a falsehood.1
"[...] and [she] not having the name as a lie". Meaning [something] false, in Callimachus.2
"[...] and [she] not having the name as a lie". Meaning [something] false, in Callimachus.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψύθος· ψευδές, ψεῦδος. καὶ οὐ ψύθος οὔνομ' ἔχουσα. ἀντὶ τοῦ ψευδές, παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ.
Betacode
*yu/qos: yeude/s, yeu=dos. kai\ ou) yu/qos ou)/nom' e)/xousa. a)nti\ tou= yeude/s, para\ *kallima/xw|.
Notes (1)
- The headword is a poetic variant of
yeu=dos (see Chantraine, s.v.yeu/domai ). For instances of it, see (besides Callimachus, quoted here) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 478, 999, 1089. - 1Similarly in Hesychius and elsewhere.
[2) Callimachus, Hecale fr. 288 Pfeiffer (of Scylla: sigma 709). ↩
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2. Paris 2009
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- expanded note, added bibliography — Catharine Roth
- another note and keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth