πιστεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. -εύσω : plpf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πεπιστεύκειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>14.23</span> : (πίστις) :—<b class="b2">trust, put faith in, rely on</b> a person, thing, or statement, τινι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.24</span>; τῷ λόγῳ <span class="bibl">Id.2.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>886</span>, etc.; π. θεῶν θεσφάτοισι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>800</span>; τῇ τύχῃ <span class="bibl">Th.5.112</span>; σφίσιν αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">Id.3.5</span>; ταῖς ἀληθείαις <span class="bibl">D.44.3</span>; ([[σημείοις]]) <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.81</span>; π. τινὶ περί τινος <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1157a21</span>; ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων <span class="bibl">Plb.2.43.2</span> : with neut. Adj. or Pron., <b class="b3">λόγοις ἐμοῖσι πίστευσον τάδε</b> [[believe]] my words herein, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>710</span>; τοῦτ'… Αἰγυπτίοις πιστεῦσαι δεῖ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>343b10</span>; μὴ πάντα πειρῶ πᾶσι πιστεύειν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>335</span> : later with Preps., <b class="b3">π. ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>77(78).22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>1.15</span>; π. εἰς τὸν Θεόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>14.1</span>, al.; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ ὄνομά τινος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.12</span>; π. ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>9.42</span> : abs., [[believe]], περὶ μὲν τούτου… οὔτε ἀπιστέω οὔτε ὦν π. τι λίην <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.96</span>; <b class="b3">χαλεπὰ παντὶ ἑξῆς τεκμηρίῳ πιστεῦσαι</b> although it is hard [[to believe]] every single bit of evidence about them, <span class="bibl">Th.1.20</span> : c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">π. δόξαν</b> [[entertain a confident]] opinion, <span class="bibl">Id.5.105</span> :—Pass., to [[be trusted]] or [[believed]], ἄνδρες ἄξιοι πιστεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>181b</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.</span>309a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.8</span>; <b class="b3">πιστευθῆναι ὑπό τινος</b> [[enjoy]] his [[confidence]], ib.<span class="bibl">6.1.39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>7.6.33</span>; π. παρά τινι <span class="bibl">D.23.4</span>, <span class="bibl">58.44</span>; πρός τινας <span class="bibl">Id.20.25</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς πιστευθησόμενος</b> as if [[he would be believed]], <span class="bibl">Id.27.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">36.43</span>; π. ὡς δημοτικὸς ὤν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1305a28</span>; <b class="b3">πιστεύονται [οἱ λόγοι</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1172b6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιστεύοντο ἃ ἔλεγον</b> they [[were believed]] in what they said, <span class="bibl">D.32.4</span>; <b class="b3">πρόγνωσιν ἐπεπίστευντο</b> [[were believed to possess]] foreknowledge, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[comply]], <b class="b3">ὡς οὐχ ὑπείξων οὐδὲ πιστεύσων λέγεις</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>625</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">646</span>; opp. [[ἀπιστέω]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1228</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., [[believe that]], [[feel confident that]] a thing is, will be, has been, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>146</span>; ἀληθῆ εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>524a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span> 450d</span>; ὃς ἂν γνώμῃ πιστεύῃ τῶν ἐναντίων προὔχειν <span class="bibl">Th.2.62</span>; προέσθαι τὴν προῖκ' οὐκ ἐπίστευσεν <span class="bibl">D.30.7</span>; <b class="b3">π. ὡς... ὅτι</b>... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>1.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Ph.</span>254a3</span>, al. : the inf. is sometimes omitted, <b class="b3">τὰ μὲν οὐ πιστεύουσιν οἱ νέοι</b> (sc. [[εἶναι]] or [[γεγονέναι]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1142a19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>68b13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>716a7</span> :—Pass., παρὰ Διὸς… οἱ νόμοι πεπιστευμένοι ἦσαν γεγονέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>636d</span>; <b class="b3">πιστευθεὶς ἀληθεύσειν</b> [[believed sure to]]... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.7.25</span>; ὁ ἥλιος… πεπίστευται εἶναι μείζων τῆς οἰκουμένης <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">de An.</span>428b4</span>; πρῶτοι νόμοις ἐγγράπτοις χρήσασθαι πεπιστευμένοι <span class="bibl">Str.6.1.8</span> : without inf., πιστευθείσης εἱμαρμένης αἴρεται πᾶσα νουθεσία <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> c. dat. et inf., <b class="b3">τοῖσι ἐπίστευε σιγᾶν</b> to whom [[he trusted]] that they would keep silence, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.19.54</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[have faith]], Act.Ap.2.44, 19.18, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">π. τινί τι</b> [[entrust]] something to another, <b class="b3">τινὶ ἡγεμονίαν, χρήματα</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.4.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>8.36</span>; τὰν ὠνὰν τῷ θεῷ <span class="title">GDI</span>1684, al. (Delph.); γυναικὶ μὴ πίστευε τὸν… βίον <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>86</span>; also περὶ τῶν ἐμῶν τούτῳ ἀξιῶ πιστεύειν ὑμᾶς <span class="bibl">Lys.30.7</span>:—Med., [[have entrusted to one]], ἀρχήν <b class="b2">Berichte der russ. Akad. fuür Gesch. der materiellen Kultur</b> <span class="bibl">4.82</span> (Olbia, ii/iii A.D.):—Pass., <b class="b3">πιστεύεσθαί τι</b> to [[be entrusted with]] a thing, [[have]] it [[committed]] to one, [[παρά]] or <b class="b3">ὑπό τινος</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.69.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Phylarch.24J.</span>, cf. Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">65.3</span>: c. inf., πιστευθέντας τοῖς ἐχθροῖς διαφθείρειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287a39</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]][[πεισθέντας]]): c. gen., πιστευθεὶς τῆς Κύπρου <span class="bibl">Plb.18.55.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.56.13</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.12.15</span>, etc.</span>