ἄπιστος, ον,
__I passive, not to be trusted, and so:
__I.1 of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithless, ὑπερφίαλοι καὶ ἄ.[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.106; θεοῖσίν τ᾽ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἄπιστε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 601; ἄ. ὡς γυναικεῖον γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1298; ἄ. ληίστορες “Sammelb.” 4309.14 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δολοπλοκίαι[[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 226; ἄ. ποιεῖν τινά ] Refs 6th c.BC+]mistrusted, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22, compare 9.98; τὰ ἑαυτοῦ πιστὰ ἀ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.7; ἄπιστος ἑταιρείας λιμήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θράσει ἀ. ἐπαιρόμενος by untrustworthy, groundless confidence, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120] Refs 5th c.BC+]; shifty, unreliable, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 775d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 of reports and the like, incredible, uncertain in [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 74.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.31, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; τέρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 832; ἄ. καὶ πέρα κλύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 418; ἄ. ἐνόμιζον εἰ.. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.556] Refs 7th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐλπίδων ἄ. undreamed of even in hope, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 868] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος, λόγος[[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.59] Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative, πίστις ἀπιστοτάτη[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.67, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 314b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]