to be a false messenger, false angel
to be a false messenger (and false angel), Ph. 1.273; cf. sq. [ψευδαγγελής]
The corpus record
ψευδαγγελ-έω
pseudaggeleo
to be a false messenger
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.