ἀπιστέω

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fut. Pass.

   A ἀπιστηθήσομαι D.S.32.10, but ἀπιστήσομαι in pass. sense, Pl.R.450c:—to be ἄπιστος, and so:    I disbelieve, distrust, ἐγὼ τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτ' ἀπίστεον Od.13.339; τύχην ἀ. E.Alc.1130; πάντα Ar.Ec.775, cf. Th.7.28 (s.v.l.), X.Ages.5.6, 8.7:—Pass., τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ οἰκείου ἀπιστεῖσθαι was distrusted, i.e. no one could be sure of knowing, Th.7.44; ἀ. ἐν μαρτυρίαις Antipho2.2.7; ἐπειδὰν γνῶσιν ἀπιστούμενοι, οὐ φιλοῦσι τοὺς ἀπιστοῦντας X.Cyr.7.2.17, cf. Hier. 4.1; ὑπὸ τῆς πατρίδος Id.Smp.4.29, cf. Pl.Plt.271b, Isoc.5.49:—but mostly,    2 c. dat. pers., κρατέουσιν Emp.5.1, cf. Th.8.83, Pl.Prt. 319b, etc.: so c. dat. rei, τῷ χρησμῷ Hdt.1.158; πῶς ἀπιστήσω λόγοις; S.Ph.1350, cf. Th.6.86; ἀ.τῇ ἐξ αὑτῶν ξυνέσει Id.3.37; τοῖς ἰάμασιν IG 4.951.24 (Epid.); ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς Arist.EN1112b10; ἀ.τινί τι disbelieve one in a thing, Hdt.3.122; περί τινος Id.4.96; οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν .. whom they suspected of having, Plb.4.18.8.    3 c.inf., οὐδέν σ' ἀπιστῶ καὶ δὶς οἰμῶξαι I nothing doubt that... S.Aj.940; ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι to doubt that it could be, Th.1.10; ἀπιστοῦντες αὐτὸν μὴ ἥξειν Id.2.101, cf.4.40, Pl.Plt.301c, R.555a; also ἀ. μὴ οὐκ ἐπιστήμη ᾖ ἡ ἀρετή Id.Men.89d; ἀ. πῶς . . Phd.73b; ἀ. εἰ . . APl.4.52 (Phil.), Ph.2.555; ὅτι . . Pl.Men. 89d; ὡς R.450c:—Pass., τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ἀπιστεῖται μὴ δυνατὸν εἶναι it is not believed to be possible, Id.Lg.839c, cf. Chrm.168e.    4 abs., to be incredulous, Hdt.8.94, cf. Ev.Marc.16.16, etc.; νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ' ἀπιστεῖν Epich.250; ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις Ph.2.92.    II = ἀπειθέω, disobey, τινί Hdt.6.108, freq.in Trag.and Pl., A.Pr.640, S.Ant.381 (lyr.), Tr.1183, 1224, Pl.Ap.29c, al.: abs., to be disobedient, τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν τάδε in these things, S.Ant.219, cf. 656; ἢν δ' ἀπιστῶσι but if they refuse to comply, E.Supp.389, cf. Pl.Lg.941c.    2 to be faithless, εἰ ἡμεῖς ἀπιστοῦμεν, ἐκεῖνος πιστὸς μένει 2 Ep.Tim. 2.13.    3 νεκρὸς τὸν θάνατον ἀπιστούμενος belying death, Polem.Call.55.    III τὸ σῶμ' οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί, i.e. 1 will not hesitate to commit it... E. Heracl.1024; τούτῳ ἠπίστησεν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιτρέψαι Lys.31.21.

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[Seite 291] 1) nicht glauben, bezweifeln, τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτ' ἀπίστεον Od. 13, 339; häufig bei Att., ἀπιστοῦντες, αὐτὸν μὴ ἥξειν Thuc. 2, 101, wie 1, 10 u. oft; ἀπιστεῖς, μὴ οὐκ ἐπιστήμη ᾖ ἡ ἀρετή Plat. Men. 89 d; pass., τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ἀπιστεῖται, μὴ δυνατὸν εἶναι Legg. VIII, 839 c; vgl. Charmid. 168 e; bes. Einem keinen Glauben, kein Vertrauen schenken, mißtrauen, τινί, Aesch. Prom. 643; λόγοις Soph. Phil. 1334; εἴ μοι ἀπιστέεις τὰ περὶ τῶν χρημάτων Her. 3, 122, vgl. 8, 94; u. so oft bei Plat. u. Folgdn, im Ggstz von πιστεύω., Xen. Cyr. 6, 4, 15; argwöhnen, οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν Pol. 4, 18. So pass., ἀπιστεῖσθαι ὑπό τινος, beargwöhnt werden, Jemandes Vertrauen nicht genießen, Plat. Polit. 271 b; Xen. Cyr. 7, 2, 17; Antiph. II, β, 7; Dem. 27, 55. – 2) = ἀπειθεῖν, B. A. p. 424, nicht gehorchen, ungehorsam sein, Soph. Ant. 219. 377. 652; Her. 6, 108; Plat. Soph. 258 c u. öfter; auch bei Xen. u. Folgdn. – 3) Eur. Heracl. 1024 τὸ σῶμ' οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί, anvertrauen.