ἀπιστέω
ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας μέγεθος ἐχούσης, ἡδυσμένῳ λόγῳ χωρὶς ἑκάστου τῶν εἰδῶν ἐν τοῖς μορίοις, δρώντων καὶ οὐ δι' ἀπαγγελίας, δι' ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν → Tragedy is, then, a representation of an action that is heroic and complete and of a certain magnitude—by means of language enriched with all kinds of ornament, each used separately in the different parts of the play: it represents men in action and does not use narrative, and through pity and fear it effects relief to these and similar emotions.
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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.
