false witness, D. 41.16 codd.; ψευδομαρτυρίαν καταγνῶναί τινος Is. 12.6 codd.: ἐν ψευδομαρτυρίαις D. 57.53 codd.: but mostly in gen. pl., ψευδομαρτυριῶν διάκρισις Pl. Lg. 937b; -ιῶν δίκη Is. 3.6; κρίσεις Arist. Pol. 1263b21; -ιῶν ἑλεῖν τινα to convict, and ἁλῶναι to be convicted, of perjury, Is. 5.15, And. 1.7, Lys. 10.25, Aeschin. 1.85; ὀφλεῖν And. 1.74; -ιῶν ἐπισκήψασθαί τινι make allegation of perjury against one, D. 29.7; etc. (This form is perh. always corrupt in codd. of classical authors;
The corpus record
ψευδομαρτῠρ-ία
pseudomarturia · ἡ
false witness
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Where it lives
- Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
- Politics 2 · 0.31/10k
- Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
- Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
What it meant — LSJ
false witness, perjury, perjury
In the wild
- ψευδομαρτυρία · pseudomartyria Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1131a (DIORISIS sentence 1594)
- ψευδομαρτυριῶν · pseudomartyriōn Aristotle, Politics 1263b (DIORISIS sentence 434)
- ψευδομαρτυριῶν · pseudomartyriōn Aristotle, Politics 1274b (DIORISIS sentence 861)
- ψευδομαρτυριῶν · pseudomartyriōn Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
- ψευδομαρτυρίαι · pseudomartyriai New Testament, Matthew 15.19 (DIORISIS sentence 626)
- ψευδομαρτυρίαν · pseudomartyrian New Testament, Matthew 26.59 (DIORISIS sentence 1165)
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Where it came from
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