Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπίθανος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπίθανος ἀπίθανη ἀπίθανον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + πιθαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not winning belief, incredible, unlikely, improbable, not persuasive, unconvincing
  2. not to be trusted
  3. not having confidence

Examples

  • τοῦτο λεχθὲν οὐ μετρίωσ μου καθίκετο, καὶ ἐσιώπησα αἰσχυνθείσ, ὅτι παιδίου τινοσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἔργον ἐπεπόνθειν πιστεύσασ τοῖσ ποιηταῖσ ἀπίθανα οὕτωσ ψευδομένοισ, ὡσ μηδὲν ὑγιὲσ ἀρέσκεσθαι αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 3:3)
  • ἐμοὶ μέν νυν καὶ τάδε ἀπίθανα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 28:9)
  • παντελῶσ ἀπίθανα φὴσ ταῦτα καὶ αὑτοῖσ ὑπεναντία· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 12:5)
  • Ἤκουσασ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, οἱᾶ ἠπείλησεν ἡμῖν ὁ Ζεύσ, ὡσ ὑπεροπτικὰ καὶ ὡσ ἀπίθανα; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:1)
  • παῤ αὐτῷ γὰρ ἑκάστῳ τὸ μέτρον τῆσ εὐχῆσ, καὶ οἱ θεοὶ πάντα ὑποκείσθωσαν παρέξοντεσ, εἰ καὶ τῇ φύσει ἀπίθανα ἔσται. (Lucian, 29:5)

Synonyms

  1. not having confidence

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

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