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πίστις, ἡ,
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.12, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative πίστει, Ionic dialect πίστῑ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, 9.106: _Ionic dialect_ _nominative_ and _accusative_ _plural_ πίστῑς variant in [prev. author] 3.8; _dative_ πίστισι [prev. author] 4.172 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πείθομαι):—trust in others, faith, first in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, πίστιες καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας “Op.” 372; πίστει χρήματ᾽ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δ᾽ ἐσάωσα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 831; π. ἴσχειν τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 950; τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις [prev. author] “OT” 1445, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.44 (πιστόν Scholia), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ βεβαιοτάτη π., ἀταραξία καὶ π. βέβαιος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.19, 2p.36U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σωφροσύνης π. ἔχειν περί τινος to be persuaded of his probity, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.215; π. περὶ θεῶν ἔχειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1101c. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in subjective sense, good faith, trustworthiness, honesty, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1137, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 443, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.105; θνῄσκει δὲ π., βλαστάνει δ᾽ ἀπιστία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__2.b of things, credence, credit, τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρ᾽ ἔμοιγ᾽ ἔχει [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 737 (Lyric poetry); πίστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει τινά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179a17; π. λαβεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2.c καλῇ π., = Latin bona fide, [[ PGnom. 180 (2nd c.AD), etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; αἱ κατὰ πίστιν γεινόμεναι κληρονομίαι, = Latin hereditates fideicommissariae, [[[prev. work]56. ] Refs]
__3 in a commercial sense, credit, π. τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐστί τινι παρά τισι he has credit for so much money with them, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.57 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], compare 44; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι [τί τινι] [[ [prev. author] 32.16; εἰ ἕξω ἐλπίδα πίστεως 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 68p.6H. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3.b position of trust or trusteeship, ἐν πίστει κληρονόμος ἀπολειφθείς left in trust, as guardian, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 41, compare 2c above; ἐν πίστει ὤν τῷ βασιλεῖ “IG” 22.646.11. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 Theol., faith, opposed to sight and knowledge, [[ NT.1Cor.13.13, etc. ] NT]
__II that which gives confidence: hence,
__II.1 assurance, pledge of good faith, guarantee, οὐκ ἀνδρὸς ὅρκοι π. ἀλλ᾽ ὅρκων ἀνήρ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 394, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 887, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1055; ὅρκοις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀναγκάξειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.25: distinguished from ὅρκοι and δεξιαί, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375a10, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 22; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 813 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δός μοι χερὸς σῆς π. [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1632; ὅρκους παρασχών, πίστιν οὐ σμικράν, θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1037, compare “Med.” 414 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιέεσθαι make a treaty by exchange of assurances and oaths, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.107; οἷσιν.. οὔτε π. ὄθ᾽ ὅρκος μένει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 308 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιέεσθαι τὰς πίστῑς (Ionic dialect for πίστεις) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8; πίστεις ποιήσασθαι πρός τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.51; ἀλλήλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν δοῦναι to give assurances, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.91, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86, 5.45; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1185 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔδοσαν πίστιν καὶ ἔλαβον interchanged them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.44; πίστεις ἀλλήλοιν δεδωκέναι τε καὶ δεδέχθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256d; π. παρά τινος λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πρός τινας δοῦναι with infinitive, [[ [prev. author] 19.32 ] Refs]; πίστι τε λαβεῖν (or καταλαβεῖν) καὶ ὁρκίοισί τινα bind by assurances and oaths, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, 9.106; θεῶν πίστεις ὀμόσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι or προσθεῖναι, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.26, 49.42, 54.42: with _genitive_ objecti, φόβων π] Refs 4th c.BC+]. an assurance against.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 627 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 means of persuasion, argument, proof, φρὴν παρ᾽ ἡμέων (i.e. τῶν αἰσθήσεων) λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 125; τοὺς δεομένους πίστεως αἰσθήσει κεκραμένης 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.7.15 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of proofs used by orators, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.84, 6.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 70b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, etc.: in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.BC+], opposed to a demonstrative proof (ἀπόδειξις), π. ἔντεχνοι, ἄτεχνοι, [[ “Rh.” 1355b35, 1375a22: also, generally, π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς “APo.” 90b14, +others; π. ἡ διὰ συλλογισμοῦ “Top.” 103b7 ] Refs]; ἡ τῶν λόγων π. (compare λόγος[[ IV. 1) “Pol.” 1326a29; ὁ ἀναιρῶν ταύτην τὴν π. οὐ πολὺ πιστότερα ἐρεῖ “EN” 1173a1. ] Refs]
__III that which is entrusted, a trust, πίστιν ἐγχειρίζειν τινί [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.41.2, compare 16.22.2, “IG” 7.21.12 (Megara, 2nd c.BC), 5 (1).26.6 (Amyclae, 2nd-1st c.BC), “BMus.Inscription” 422.7 (Priene, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; σὴ π. given in trust to thee, [[ “IG” 14.2012 A 23 (1st c.AD: Sulpicius Maximus Epicus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV political protection or suzerainty, Latin fides, Αἰτωλοὶ.. δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π... τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.9.10, compare 3.30.1; πάντες εἰς τὴν [τῆς συγκλήτου] π. ἐνδεδεμένοι [prev. author] 6.17.8. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.2 in Egypt, safe-conduct, safeguard, [[ “UPZ” 119.32 (_plural_, 2nd c.BC); δοῦναί μοι ἔγγραπτον π. [prev. work] 124.30 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__V [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] name for ten, [[ Theol.Ar. 59, 60. ] Refs]
__VI personified, = Latin [[ “Fides”, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 16, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.16, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.17 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. δημοσία, = Fides publica, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.75. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
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