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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

  • "ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀπιστότεροσ ὤν σου πάλαι τὰ τοιαῦτα ‐ ‐ ᾤμην γὰρ οὐδενὶ λόγῳ δυνατὸν γίγνεσθαι ἂν αὐτὰ ‐ ‐ ὅμωσ ὅτε τὸ πρῶτον εἶδον πετόμενον τὸν ξένον τὸν βάρβαρον ‐ ἐξ Ὑπερβορέων δ’ ἦν, ὡσ ἔφασκεν ‐ ἐπίστευσα καὶ ἐνικήθην ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀντισχών. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 12:3)
  • "ἀπιστότεροσ τῶν κοχλιῶν πολλῷ πάνυ, οἳ περιφέρουσ1’ ὑπ’ ἀπιστίασ τὰσ οἰκίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52151)
  • εἰ δέ τισιν ὑμῶν ἐξαίφνησ ἀκούσασιν ἀπιστότεροσ προσπέπτωκεν ὁ τοιοῦτοσ λόγοσ, ἐκείνωσ τὴν ὑπόλοιπον ποιήσασθε ἀκρόασιν. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 59 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. incredible

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