ἄπιστος: Difference between revisions

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