ἄπιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> Pass., [[not to be trusted]], and so: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of persons and their acts, [[not trusty]], [[faithless]], ὑπερφίαλοι καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Il.3.106</span>; θεοῖσίν τ' ἐχθρὲ καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἄπιστε <span class="bibl">Thgn.601</span>; ἄ. ὡς γυναικεῖον γένος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1298</span>; ἄ. ληίστορες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>4309.14</span> (iii B.C.); δολοπλοκίαι <span class="bibl">Thgn.226</span>; ἄ. ποιεῖν τινά [[mistrusted]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.98</span>; τὰ ἑαυτοῦ πιστὰ ἀ. ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.4.7</span>; ἄπιστος ἑταιρείας λιμήν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>683</span>; <b class="b3">θράσει ἀ. ἐπαιρόμενος</b> by [[untrustworthy]], [[groundless]] [[confidence]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.120</span>; [[shifty]], [[unreliable]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>775d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of reports and the like, [[incredible]], dub. in <span class="bibl">Archil.74.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.80</span>; τέρας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>832</span>; ἄ. καὶ πέρα κλύειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>418</span>; ἄ. ἐνόμιζον εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Ph.2.556</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐλπίδων ἄπιστον</b> [[undreamed of]] even in [[hope]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>868</span>: Comp. ἀπιστότερος, [[λόγος]] <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 3.59</span>: Sup., [[πίστις]] ἀπιστοτάτη <span class="bibl">And.1.67</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>314b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[mistrustful]], [[incredulous]], [[suspicious]], θυμὸς δέ τοι αἰὲν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Od.14.150</span>; ὦτα . . ἀπιστότερα ὀφθαλμῶν [[less credulous]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. πρὸς Φίλιππον</b> [[distrustful]] towards him, <span class="bibl">D.19.27</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. εἶ . . σαυτῷ</b> you do [[not believe]] what you say yourself, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>26e</span>; ἤθη ἄ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>705a</span>; [[τὸ ἄπιστον]] = [[ἀπιστία]], <span class="bibl">Th.8.66</span>; δούλοις πῶς οὐκ ἄπιστον; <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Pal.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in [[NT]], [[unbelieving]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>6.6</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[disobedient]], [[disloyal]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 627</span>: c. gen., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>876</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν ἄπιστον . . ἀναρχίαν πόλει</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">ἀναρχίαν ἔχειν ἀπειθοῦσαν τῇ πόλει</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1035</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1476</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀπίστως]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> Pass., [[beyond belief]], ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ [[μυθῶδες]] ἐκνενικηκότα <span class="bibl">Th. 1.21</span>; [[οὐκ ἄπιστον]] not [[incredibly]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1438a22</span>,<span class="bibl">1438b2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Act., [[distrustfully]], [[suspiciously]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.83</span>; ἀ. τινὰ διαθεῖναι <span class="bibl">D.20.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[treacherously]], <span class="bibl">Ph.1.516</span>.</span>