Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπειθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπειθής ἀπειθές

Structure: ἀπειθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pei/qomai

Sense

  1. disobedient, less obedient
  2. not persuasive, incredible

Examples

  • καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλεῖν με πρὸσ σὲ ἀνοίξω τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ὁ ἀκούων ἀκουέτω, καὶ ὁ ἀπειθῶν ἀπειθήτω, διότι οἶκοσ παραπικραίνων ἐστί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 3:27)
  • "θεραπεύειν προσταττόμενοσ οὐ θέλεισ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτ’ ἄξιοσ ἂν εἰήσ ἀποκηρύξεωσ ἀπειθῶν τῷ πατρί. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 22:3)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ ὁ Τιμολέων τοῖσ πρεσβευταῖσ καὶ τοῖσ ἄρχουσι τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐντυχὼν ἐπιεικῶσ ἔφη πείθεσθαι μὲν οἷσ κελεύουσι τί γὰρ ἂν καὶ περαίνειν ἀπειθῶν, ἐθέλειν δὲ ταῦτα πόλεωσ Ἑλληνίδοσ καὶ φίλησ κοινῆσ τῆσ Ῥηγίνων ἐναντίον ἀκούσασ καὶ εἰπὼν ἀπαλλάττεσθαι· (Plutarch, Timoleon, chapter 10 1:1)
  • δεινόν τἂν εἰή, καὶ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ τότ’ ἄν με δικαίωσ εἰσάγοι τισ εἰσ δικαστήριον, ὅτι οὐ νομίζω θεοὺσ εἶναι ἀπειθῶν τῇ μαντείᾳ καὶ δεδιὼσ θάνατον καὶ οἰόμενοσ σοφὸσ εἶναι οὐκ ὤν. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 130:1)
  • καὶ εἰ οὕτωσ ἔτυχεν, ἑκὼν νοσεῖ, ἀκρατῶσ βιοτεύων καὶ ἀπειθῶν τοῖσ ἰατροῖσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 71:4)

Synonyms

  1. not persuasive

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION