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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

  • διότι κατέλιπεσ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν σωτῆρά σου καὶ Κυρίου τοῦ βοηθοῦ σου οὐκ ἐμνήσθησ. διὰ τοῦτο φυτεύσεισ φύτευμα ἄπιστον καὶ σπέρμα ἄπιστον. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 17:10)
  • τοῦτο αὐτὸ καὶ ἄπιστον εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ, τὸ ἀπολιποῦσαν τὸν ἄνδρα ἐθελῆσαι βαρβάρῳ καὶ ξένῳ συνεκπλεῦσαι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 15:3)
  • διαβάλλουσι γάρ μου τὸν βίον, οἰόμενοι τὸν λόγον ἄπιστον καταστήσειν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 2:2)
  • ἄπιστον οὐδέν, ὅ τι θ[εῶν μέ]ριμνα τεύχει· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. incredible

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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