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πιστός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πιστός πιστοῦ

Structure: πιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pi/nw

Sense

  1. faithful, trusty
  2. obedient, loyal
  3. faithful, believing

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • α τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλοσ ὁ κόσμοσ τῶν χρημάτων, τοῦ δὲ ἀπίστου οὐδὲ ὀβολόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:7)
  • φίλου πιστοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀντάλλαγμα, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σταθμὸσ τῆσ καλλονῆσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 6:15)
  • Ιοὖστοσ δ’ ὁ Πιστοῦ παῖσ ὁ τῆσ τρίτησ μερίδοσ πρῶτοσ ὑπεκρίνετο μὲν ἐνδοιάζειν πρὸσ τὸν πόλεμον, νεωτέρων δ’ ἐπεθύμει πραγμάτων ἐκ τῆσ μεταβολῆσ οἰόμενοσ δύναμιν ἑαυτῷ περιποιήσειν. (Flavius Josephus, 45:1)
  • Κατὰ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν καιρὸν Ιοὖστοσ ὁ Πιστοῦ παῖσ λαθὼν ἐμὲ διαδιδράσκει πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα. (Flavius Josephus, 460:1)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ ὁ Περδίκκασ ἐφ’ ἃ μὲν ὡρ́μητο πιστεύων δι’ αὑτοῦ προσάξεσθαι, τὰ δὲ ὑπολειπόμενα δεῖσθαι δραστηρίου τε καὶ πιστοῦ φύλακοσ οἰόμενοσ, ἀπέπεμψεν ἐκ Κιλικίασ τὸν Εὐμενῆ, λόγῳ μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σατραπείαν, ἔργῳ δὲ τὴν ὅμορον Ἀρμενίαν τεταραγμένην ὑπὸ Νεοπτολέμου διὰ χειρὸσ ἕξοντα. (Plutarch, chapter 4 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. obedient

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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