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πιστός, ή, όν,
(πείθω):
__B passive, to be trusted or believed:
__B.I of persons, faithful, trusty, ἑταῖρος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.331, etc.; φύλακες 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 735; μάρτυρες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.88; Ζηνὶ π. ἄγγελος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 969, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πιστότατος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 27: with _dative_, - ότατος δέ οἱ ἔσκε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.147; ὁ π. ἡμῖν κἀγαθὸς καλούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 541, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 153 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: with _genitive_, τοῦ Φαλάνθου πιστόν τινα] Refs 8th c.BC+] a trusted friend of P., Ergias cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.36o f; π. πρὸς τὰ συμβόλαια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283a33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ πιστοί, in Persia, trusty councillors, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.15, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάδε Περσῶν πιστὰ καλεῖται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 2 (_anapaest meter_); so πιστὰ πιστῶν, ={πιστότατοι}, [prev. work] 681, compare 528, 979. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.2 trustworthy, worthy of credit, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.5 (_comparative_), 5.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb, - τῶς καὶ ἀδόλως [[ “IG” 12.90.14,17. ] Refs]
__B.I.3 genuine, π. Ἀταλάντης γόνος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1322 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Θηρικλέους π. τέκνον, of a cup, [[ 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 32.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; unmistakable, νόσοι πονηραὶ καὶ π. [[ LXX.Deu.28.59. ] LXX]
__B.II of things, trustworthy, sure, ὅρκια π. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.269, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 11(10).6, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέκμαρ τῶνδε, τεκμήρια, μαντεῖα, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 272, 352, “Th.” 66; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι ὡς πιστὰ δὴ τὰ λεγόμενα ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.83; ἔσται πιστὰ καὶ ἄδολα καὶ ἁπλᾶ ἅπαντα τὰ ἀπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων Ῥηγίνοις “IG” 12.51.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκέτι πιστὰ γυναιξίν no longer can one trust women, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.456; βροτῶν δὲ π. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 667.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχοντες τὴν ἐλπίδα.. πιστὴν ἔτι no longer having such hope as could be relied on, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπόληψις ἡ πιστοτάτη, of knowledge, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131a23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 deserving belief, credible, π. καὶ οἰκότα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82, compare 8.80; π. ὑπόθεσις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b; τοῦτο π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 276a14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πιθανὸν καὶ π. [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1356b28; [λόγος] ἀποδεικτικὸς καὶ π. [prev. work] 1377b23. ] Refs]
__B.III πιστόν, τό, as substantive, pledge, security, warrant, τὸ π. τῆς ἀληθείας [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 398, etc.; τὸ π. τῆς ἐπιστήμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72 (but τὸ π. τῆς καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς πολιτείας] Refs 5th c.BC+] its honesty, [[ [prev. author] 1.68)] Refs]; τὸ π. ἔχοντες.. κἂν περιγενέσθαι feeling confidence that.., [[ [prev. author] 1.141: frequently in _plural_, τὰ πιστὰ ποιέεσθαι,πίστιν ποιεῖσθαι, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πιστὰ θεῶν, of oaths, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐδώκαμεν καὶ ἐλάβομεν πιστά we gave and received pledges, with future infinitive, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 3.2.5, compare 4.8.7, etc.; πιστὰ ἠξίου γενέσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.3; τὰ πίστ᾽ ἐδειξάτην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 651; στέργειν τὰ π. τῶνδε [prev. author] “Eu.” 673; τὰ π. ἐμαυτῷ τοῦ θράσους παρέξομαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 268. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B active, believing, relying on, τινι [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 283, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 917, “Pers.” 55 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1031 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; trustful, τῆς ἐλευθερίας τὸ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 824; τινὶ τὸ π. νέμειν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 obedient, loyal, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων χώραν οἰκείαν καὶ π. ποιήσασθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 faithful, believing, [[ NT.Acts.16.1, “IG” 3.3435. ] NT]
__C adverb πιστῶς with good faith, μὴ π. καταμαρτυρηθείς [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; loyally, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -οτέρως [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.17. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.2 persuasively, in comparative, πιστότερον ἢ ἀληθέστερον [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; credibly, demonstrably, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 983e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; unmistakably, κριθῆναι [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.857. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C.3 with disposition to believe, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.49 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative, πιστότερον πρὸς ἐκείνους ἢ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς διακείμενοι [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
