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δια-ψεύδω

diapseudo

deceive, deny, disclaim, cheat

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Where it lives

De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
De Interpretatione 2 · 3.21/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Metaphysics 8 · 1.02/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 4 · 0.71/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δια-ψεύδω · dia-pseudō — LSJ

deceive

deceive, D. Ep. 3.34:—Med., abs., And. 1.42: c. acc., Plu. Fab. 7.

2 deny, disclaim

Med., deny, disclaim, A.D. Synt. 115.24, Pron. 81.17.

II cheat, to be deceived, mistaken, to be cheated of, deceived in, in

cheat, [πατρίδα ἐλπίδων] Plb. 3.109.12:—usu. Pass.: pf. διέψευσμαι: aor. διεψεύσθην:—to be deceived, mistaken, Isoc. 5.1, D. 1.22; τινός to be cheated of, deceived in a person or thing, X. Mem. 4.2.27, D. 23.19; τῆς ψυχῆς τινῶν πέρι Pl. Ep. 351d; περί τι Arist. EN 1144a35; τι in a thing, Id. Pol. 1323a33; ὑπολήψει καὶ δόξῃ Id. EN 1139b17; λογισμοῖς Plb. 3.16.5: abs., μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι BGU 21i13 (iv A. D.).

In the wild

διεψεῦσθαι · diepseusthai Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 51)
διέψευσται · diepseustai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 232)
διέψευσται · diepseustai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 236)
διαψευσθῆναί · diapseusthēnai Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia (DIORISIS sentence 65)
διεψεῦσθαι · diepseusthai Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 2946)
διεψεῦσθαι · diepseusthai Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 2982)

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