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|Definition=ἡ, gen. εως, Ion. ιος <span class="bibl">Parm.8.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.114</span>; dat. [[πίστει]], Ion. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πίστῑ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.74</span>, <span class="bibl">9.106</span> : Ion. nom. and acc. pl. [[πίστῑς]] v.l. in <span class="bibl">Id.3.8</span> ; dat. πίστισι <span class="bibl">Id.4.172</span>: ([[πείθομαι]]):—[[trust]] in others, [[faith]], first in Hes., πίστιες καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Op.</span>372</span>; πίστει χρήματ' ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δ' ἐσάωσα <span class="bibl">Thgn.831</span> ; π. ἴσχειν τινί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>950</span> ; τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1445</span>, etc.: generally, [[persuasion]] of a thing, [[confidence]], [[assurance]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.44</span> ([[πιστόν]] Sch.), etc.; ἡ βεβαιοτάτη πίστις, [[ἀταραξία]] καὶ πίστις [[βέβαιος]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.19</span>, <span class="bibl">2p.36U.</span>; [[σωφροσύνης πίστην ἔχειν περί τινος]] = to [[be persuaded of one's probity]], <span class="bibl">D.18.215</span> ; π. περὶ θεῶν ἔχειν Plu.2.1101c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in subjective sense, [[good faith]], [[trustworthiness]], [[honesty]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.1137</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>443</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.105</span> ; [[θνῄσκει δὲ πίστις, βλαστάνει δ' ἀπιστία]] = [[loyalty dies and disloyalty is born]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>611</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of things, [[credence]], [[credit]], τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρ' ἔμοιγ' ἔχει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>737</span> (lyr.); πίστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει τινά <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1179a17</span>; π. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Plb.1.35.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[καλῇ πίστει]] = Lat. [[bona fide]], PGnom.180 (ii A.D.), etc.; [[αἱ κατὰ πίστιν γεινόμεναι κληρονομίαι]] = [[inheritances administered under trusteeship]], Lat. [[hereditates fidei commissariae]], ib.56. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in a commercial sense, [[credit]], [[πίστις τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐστί τινι παρά τισι]] = [[he has credit for so much money with them]], <span class="bibl">D.36.57</span>, cf. 44; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι [τί τινι] <span class="bibl">Id.32.16</span>; εἰ ἕξω ἐλπίδα πίστεως <span class="bibl">Astramps.<span class="title">Orac.</span>68p.6H.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[position of trust]] or [[trusteeship]], [[ἐν πίστει κληρονόμος ἀπολειφθείς]] = [[left in trust as guardian]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2c</span> supr.; ἐν πίστει ὤν τῷ βασιλεῖ <span class="title">IG</span>22.646.11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Theol., [[faith]], opp. sight and knowledge, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>13.13</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[that which gives confidence]] : hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[assurance]], [[pledge of good faith]], [[guarantee]], οὐκ ἀνδρὸς ὅρκοι π. ἀλλ' ὅρκων ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>394</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>887</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 1055</span>; ὅρκοις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀναγκάξειν <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.25</span> : distd. from [[ὅρκοι]] and [[δεξιαί]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1375a10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>22</span>; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ph.</span>813</span> ; δός μοι χερὸς σῆς π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1632</span> ; ὅρκους παρασχών, πίστιν οὐ σμικράν, θεῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1037</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>414</span> (lyr.); [[πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιέεσθαι]] = [[make a treaty by exchange of assurances and oaths]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.92</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.107</span>; οἷσιν… οὔτε π. ὄθ' ὅρκος μένει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>308</span> ; [[ποιέεσθαι τὰς πίστῑς]] (Ion. for [[πίστεις]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.8</span> ; πίστεις ποιήσασθαι πρός τινας <span class="bibl">Th.4.51</span> ; ἀλλήλοις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.3.12</span> ; [[πίστιν δοῦναι]] = to [[give assurances]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.91</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.86</span>, <span class="bibl">5.45</span> ; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 1185</span>; ἔδοσαν πίστιν καὶ ἔλαβον interchanged [[them]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.44</span>; πίστεις ἀλλήλοιν δεδωκέναι τε καὶ δεδέχθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>256d</span> ; π. παρά τινος λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Lys.12.9</span> ; [[π. πρός τινας δοῦναι]] c. inf., <span class="bibl">Id.19.32</span> ; πίστι τε [[λαβεῖν]] (or [[καταλαβεῖν]]) καὶ ὁρκίοισί τινα = bind by [[assurance]]s and [[oath]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.74</span>, <span class="bibl">9.106</span>; θεῶν πίστεις ὀμόσαι <span class="bibl">Th.5.30</span>; πίστιν [[ἐπιθεῖναι]] or [[προσθεῖναι]], <span class="bibl">D.29.26</span>, <span class="bibl">49.42</span>, <span class="bibl">54.42</span> : c. gen. objecti, [[φόβων πίστις]] = an [[assurance against]]... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>627</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[means of persuasion]], [[argument]], [[proof]], φρὴν παρ' ἡμέων (sc. τῶν αἰσθήσεων) λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις <span class="bibl">Democr.125</span>; τοὺς δεομένους πίστεως αἰσθήσει κεκραμένης <span class="bibl">Plot. 4.7.15</span> ; esp. of proofs used by orators, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.84</span>, <span class="bibl">6.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 70b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.8</span>, etc.: in Arist., opp. a [[demonstrative]] [[proof]] ([[ἀπόδειξις]]), π. ἔντεχνοι, ἄτεχνοι, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1355b35</span>, <span class="bibl">1375a22</span>: also, generally, π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APo.</span>90b14</span>, al.; π. ἡ διὰ συλλογισμοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Top.</span>103b7</span> ; ἡ τῶν λόγων πίστις. (cf. [[λόγος]] IV. ''1'') <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1326a29</span>; ὁ ἀναιρῶν ταύτην τὴν π. οὐ πολὺ πιστότερα ἐρεῖ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1173a1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[that which is entrusted]], a [[trust]], πίστιν [[ἐγχειρίζειν]] τινί <span class="bibl">Plb.5.41.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.22.2</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>7.21.12 (Megara, ii B.C.), 5 (1).26.6 (Amyclae, ii/i B.C.), <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>422.7 (Priene, ii B.C.); [[σὴ πίστις]] = [[given in trust to thee]], <span class="title">IG</span>14.2012<span class="hiitalic">A</span>23 (Sulp.Max.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> political [[protection]] or [[suzerainty]], Lat. [[fides]], Αἰτωλοὶ… δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π.… τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες <span class="bibl">Plb.20.9.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.30.1</span> ; πάντες εἰς τὴν [τῆς συγκλήτου] π. ἐνδεδεμένοι <span class="bibl">Id.6.17.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Egypt, [[safe-conduct]], [[safeguard]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>119.32</span> (pl., ii B.C.); δοῦναί μοι ἔγγραπτον π. ib.<span class="bibl">124.30</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Pythag. name for [[ten]], Theol.Ar.59, 60. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> personified, = Lat. [[Fides]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">App. <span class="title">BC</span>1.16</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.45.17</span> ; [[πίστις δημοσία]] = [[fides publica]], <span class="bibl">D.H.2.75</span>.</span>