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|mdlsjtxt=[[πίστις]], ιος, ἡ, [πείθομαι]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[trust]] in others, [[faith]], Lat. [[fides]], [[fiducia]], Hes., Theogn., [[attic]]; c. gen. pers. [[faith]] or [[belief]] in one, Eur.:— [[generally]], [[persuasion]] of a [[thing]], [[confidence]], [[assurance]], Pind., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[good]] [[faith]], [[trustworthiness]], [[faithfulness]], [[honesty]], Lat. [[fides]], Theogn., Hdt., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in a [[commercial]] [[sense]], [[credit]], [[trust]], [[πίστις]] τοσούτων χρημάτων [[ἐστί]] μοι [[παρά]] τινι I [[have]] [[credit]] for so [[much]] [[money]] with him, Dem.; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι τί τινι Dem.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in Theol. [[faith]], [[belief]], as opp. to [[sight]] and [[knowledge]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> that [[which]] gives [[confidence]]: [[hence]],<br /><b class="num">1.</b> an [[assurance]], [[pledge]] of [[good]] [[faith]], [[warrant]], [[guarantee]], Soph., Eur.; πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιεῖσθαι to make a [[treaty]] by [[exchange]] of [[assurance]]s and [[oath]]s, Hdt.; [[οὔτε]] π. οὔθ' [[ὅρκος]] μένει Ar.; πίστιν διδόναι to [[give]] assurances, Hdt.; διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν to [[interchange]] them, Xen.:—of an [[oath]], [[θεῶν]] πίστεις ὀμνύναι Thuc.; πίστιν ἐπιτιθέναι or προστιθέναι τινί Dem.: —φόβων π. an [[assurance]] [[against]] [[fear]]s, Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[means]] of [[persuasion]], an [[argument]], [[proof]], [[such]] as used by [[orator]]s, Plat., etc.