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ἀπιστέω

apisteo

to be

Appears 44 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπιστέω, fut. Pass. ἀπιστηθήσομαι D.S. 32.10, but ἀπιστήσομαι in pass. sense, Pl. R. 450c:—Α. to be ἄπιστος, and so: I. disbelieve, distrust, ἐγὼ τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτʼ 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 disbelieve one in a thing, Hdt. 3.122; περί τινος Id. 4.96; οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν . . whom they suspected of having, Plb. 4.18.8. 3. c.inf., οὐδέν σʼ ἀπιστῶ καὶ δὶς οἰμῶξαι I nothing doubt that . ., S. Aj. 940; ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι to doubt that 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. 16.52 (Phil.), Ph. 2.555; ὅτι . . Pl. Men. 89d; ὡς R. 450c:—Pass., τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ἀπιστεῖται μὴ δυνατὸν εἶναι it is not believed to be possible, Id. Lg. 839c, cf. Chrm. 168e. 4. abs., to be incredulous, Hdt. 8.94, cf. Ev.Marc. 16.16, etc.; νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασʼ 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 in these things, S. Ant. 219, cf. 656; ἢν δʼ ἀπιστῶσι but if they refuse 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 belying death, Polem. Call. 55. III. τὸ σῶμʼ οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί, i.e. I will not hesitate to commit it . ., E. Heracl. 1024; τούτῳ ἠπίστησεν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιτρέψαι Lys. 31.21.
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