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πιθανός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πιθανός

Structure: πιθαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pei/qw

Sense

  1. persuasive, influential, winning
  2. plausible, credible
  3. (art) true to nature, natural
  4. easy to persuade, credulous
  5. obedient, docile

Examples

  • εὐθὺσ ἀνατέτραπται καὶ παρασέσυρται καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον ἀτίμωσ ἐξέωσται, ὁ δὲ κολακευτικώτεροσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ τοιαύτασ κακοηθείασ πιθανώτεροσ εὐδοκιμεῖ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 10:6)
  • ὅσῳ γάρ τισ πιθανώτεροσ, τοσούτῳ ἐπιμελεστέρασ δεῖται τῆσ ἐξετάσεωσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 31:2)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ πιθανώτεροσ ὁ τῶν δημοτικῶν λόγοσ· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 6 3:1)
  • ἤ τοῦτο μὲν ἄπιστόν ἐστιν ὅλωσ καὶ τερατῶδεσ, ἅτεροσ δὲ τῶν μύθων πιθανώτεροσ, ὡσ ἄρα τοῖσ περὶ Ῥωμύλον καὶ Ῥῶμον ἐκτεθεῖσιν οὐ μόνον λύκαινα θηλὴν ἐπεῖχεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δρυοκολάπτησ τισ ἐπιφοιτῶν ἐψώμιζεν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 21 1:2)
  • πότερον ὅτι τὸν Πῖκον λέγουσιν ὑπὸ φαρμάκων τῆσ γυναικὸσ μεταβαλεῖν τὴν φύσιν καὶ γενόμενον δρυοκολάπτην ἀποφθέγγεσθαι λόγια καὶ χρησμῳδεῖν τοῖσ ἐρωτῶσιν ἢ τοῦτο μὲν ἄπιστόν ἐστιν ὅλωσ καὶ τερατῶδεσ, ἅτεροσ δὲ τῶν μύθων πιθανώτεροσ, ὡσ ἄρα τοῖσ περὶ Ῥωμύλον καὶ Ῥῶμον ἐκτεθεῖσιν οὐ μόνον λύκαινα θηλὴν ἐπεῖχεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δρυοκολάπτησ τισ ἐπιφοιτῶν ἐψώμιζεν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 21 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. true to nature

  2. easy to persuade

  3. obedient

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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