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

  • τί δ’ οὐκ ἔμελλεν γελᾶν ἐφ’ οὕτω περιφανεῖ καὶ ἀπιθάνῳ καὶ ἀναισχύντῳ τολμήματι ; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 5:12)

Synonyms

  1. not having confidence

Related

Derived

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