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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

  • ἔτι δ’ ἀπιθανώτερον, εἰ τὴν μὲν Αἰθιοπίαν ἔλεγε καὶ Σιδονίουσ καὶ Ἐρεμβοὺσ καὶ τὴν ἔξω θάλατταν καὶ τὸ διχθὰ δεδάσθαι τοὺσ Αἰθίοπασ, τὰ δ’ ἐγγὺσ καὶ γνώριμα μή. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 44:6)

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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