The corpus record

ψευδ-ώνῠμος

pseudonumos

under a false name, falsely called

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Where it lives

1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k

What it meant

ψευδ-ώνῠμος · pseud-ōnymos — LSJ

under a false name, falsely called, by a false name

under a false name, falsely called, Ὑβριστὴν ποταμὸν οὐ ψευδώνυμον A. Pr. 717; πανδίκως ψ. Id. Th. 670; οὔνομα δʼ Εὐτυχίδης· ψευδώνυμον ἀλλά με δαίμων θῆκεν ἀφαρπάξας IG 3.1308; ψ. θεοί Ph. 2.161, cf. 2.599; ψ. γνῶσις 1 Ep.Ti. 6.21; φιλόσοφος ψευδεπίγραφος καὶ ψ. Plu. Frat. 2.479e; opp. ἀληθής, τὸ μεριστὸν ψ. Dam. Pr. 399. Adv. -μως by a false name, ψ. σε δαίμονες Προμηθέα καλοῦσιν A. Pr. 85, cf. Them. Or. 2.30a.

In the wild

ψευδώνυμον · pseudōnymon Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 717–720
ψευδωνύμως · pseudōnymōs Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 85
ψευδώνυμος · pseudōnymos Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 670–671
ψευδωνύμου · pseudōnymou New Testament, 1 Timothy 6.20 (DIORISIS sentence 95)

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.

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