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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πιστός πιστώ πιστοί
Genitive πιστοῦ πιστοῖν πιστῶν
Dative πιστῷ πιστοῖν πιστοῖς
Accusative πιστόν πιστώ πιστούς
Vocative πιστέ πιστώ πιστοί

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

  • Ἄνευ ψεύδουσ συντελεσθήσεται νόμοσ, καὶ σοφία στόματι πιστῷ τελείωσισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 34:8)
  • καὶ στήσω αὐτὸν ἄρχοντα ἐν τόπῳ πιστῷ καὶ ἔσται εἰσ θρόνον δόξησ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:23)
  • ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ‐ τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ σαβαώθ ‐ κινηθήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωποσ ὁ ἐστηριγμένοσ ἐν τόπῳ πιστῷ καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεται. καὶ πεσεῖται, καὶ ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἡ δόξα ἡ ἐπ̓ αὐτόν, ὅτι Κύριοσ ἐλάλησεν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:25)
  • ταῦτ’ εἰπὼν καὶ τὸν Λουκίλλιον ἀσπασάμενοσ τότε μὲν ἑνὶ τῶν φίλων συνέστησεν, ὕστερον δὲ χρώμενοσ εἰσ πάντα πιστῷ καὶ βεβαίῳ διετέλεσε. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 50 5:1)
  • ξὺν φρονοῦντι δ’ ἥκετε πιστῷ γέροντι τῷ δε ναυκλήρῳ πατρί. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode2)

Synonyms

  1. obedient

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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