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ἄπιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπιστος ἄπιστος ἄπιστον

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

Sense

  1. not to be trusted, (of persons and their acts) untrustworthy, faithless, groundless
  2. (of reports and the like) incredible

Examples

  • καί μοι δοκεῖ οὐκ ἄπιστα εἶναι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 23 5:2)
  • ἄτοπα διηγῇ τὰ περὶ τῶν βασιλέων καὶ μικροῦ δεῖν ἄπιστα. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 18:1)
  • ἄπιστ’ ἄπιστα, καινὰ καινὰ δέρκομαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:5)
  • ἐγὼ γέ τοι παρὰ Εὐκράτουσ ἥκω σοι τοῦ πάνυ, πολλὰ τὰ ἄπιστα καὶ μυθώδη ἀκούσασ· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 5:2)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν τὰ Ταντάλου θεοῖσιν ἑστιάματα ἄπιστα κρίνω, παιδὸσ ἡσθῆναι βορᾷ, τοὺσ δ’ ἐνθάδ’, αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ ἀνθρωποκτόνουσ, ἐσ τὴν θεὸν τὸ φαῦλον ἀναφέρειν δοκῶ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. incredible

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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