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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

  • καὶ τοῦτ’ ἔδει μηδένα πρὸ καιροῦ Καρρηνῶν πυθέσθαι, πυνθάνεται δ’ ὁ πάντων ἀπιστότατοσ Ἀνδρόμαχοσ, ὑπὸ Κράσσου καὶ τοῦτο πιστευθεὶσ καὶ τῆσ ὁδοῦ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν. (Plutarch, chapter 29 2:1)
  • ὅτε μὲν ηὐξήθη καὶ τὴν κατὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐξουσίαν ἔλαβε, πάντων ἦν ἀπιστότατοσ καὶ παρανομώτατοσ, ὅτε δὲ πάλιν τὰ τῆσ τύχησ ἀντέπνευσε, πάντων μετριώτατοσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 25, b. olymp. 150, 2. res macedoniae 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. incredible

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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