Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἔρρε, θεοῖσίν τ’ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἄπιστε, ψυχρὸν ὃν ἐν κόλπῳ ποικίλον εἶχον ὄφιν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389332)
  • εἰσ τὴν αὐτήν Ἥρακλεσ, Ἐμπεδότιμε, Τροφώνιε, εἴξατε μύθων, καὶ σὺ γ’ Ἀρισταίου κενεαυχέοσ ὀφρὺσ ἄπιστε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 291)
  • "ὦ μιαρὲ καὶ ἄπιστε καὶ μαλακώτατε ἀνδρῶν, ἐμὲ μὲν καὶ τοὺσ ἐμοὺσ παῖδασ τόδε τὸ πῦρ θάψει· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 19 5:9)
  • ἐν δὲ σὺ τοῖσι δαίνυ’ ἔχων φόρμιγγα κακῶν ἕταρ’, αἰὲν ἄπιστε. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 4:6)

Synonyms

  1. incredible

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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