ψευδώνυμος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) + ὄνῠμᾰ (ónuma, “name”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (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
editψευδώνῠμος • (pseudṓnumos) m or f (neuter ψευδώνῠμον); second declension
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ψευδώνῠμος pseudṓnumos |
ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō |
ψευδώνῠμοι pseudṓnumoi |
ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnuma | ||||||||
Genitive | ψευδωνῠ́μου pseudōnúmou |
ψευδωνῠ́μου pseudōnúmou |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin |
ψευδωνῠ́μων pseudōnúmōn |
ψευδωνῠ́μων pseudōnúmōn | ||||||||
Dative | ψευδωνῠ́μῳ pseudōnúmōi |
ψευδωνῠ́μῳ pseudōnúmōi |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin |
ψευδωνῠ́μοιν pseudōnúmoin |
ψευδωνῠ́μοις pseudōnúmois |
ψευδωνῠ́μοις pseudōnúmois | ||||||||
Accusative | ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon |
ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō |
ψευδωνῠ́μους pseudōnúmous |
ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnuma | ||||||||
Vocative | ψευδώνῠμε pseudṓnume |
ψευδώνῠμον pseudṓnumon |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō |
ψευδωνῠ́μω pseudōnúmō |
ψευδώνῠμοι pseudṓnumoi |
ψευδώνῠμᾰ pseudṓnuma | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψευδωνῠ́μως pseudōnúmōs |
ψευδωνῠμώτερος pseudōnumṓteros |
ψευδωνῠμώτᾰτος pseudōnumṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → French: pseudonyme
- → Italian: pseudonimo
- → Latin: pseudōnymus
- → English: pseudonym
- → Portuguese: pseudónimo, pseudônimo (Brazil)
Further reading
edit- “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