to be
ἀπιστ-έω,fut.
Pass.
A.
ἀπιστηθήσομαι
D.S. 32.10
, butἀπιστήσομαιin 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
Antipho 2.2.7
; 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. EN 1112b10
;ἀ.τινί τι disbelieveone in a thing, Hdt. 3.122 ; περί τινος
Id. 4.96
;οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν . .whom theysuspected ofhaving, Plb. 4.18.8 .
3. c.inf.,οὐδέν ς' ἀπιστῶ καὶ δὶς οἰμῶξαιI nothingdoubtthat . ., S. Aj. 940 ;ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι to doubtthat 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 εἶναιitis not believedto 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 inthese things, S. Ant. 219 , cf. 656 ;ἢν δ' ἀπιστῶσιbut if theyrefuse 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 belyingdeath, Polem. Call. 55 .
III. τὸ σῶμ' οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί,i.e. 1
willnothesitate to commitit . ., E. Heracl. 1024 ; τούτῳ ἠπίστησεν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιτρέψαι
Lys. 31.21
.
