ἀπιστία
apistia
unbelief, distrust
Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.
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ἀπιστία, Ion. -ίη, ἡ, A. unbelief, distrust, πίστεις . . δμῶς καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας beliefs and disbeliefs, Op. 372; πίστει χρήματʼ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δʼ ἐσάωσα 831 [ῑ]; τῶν θείων τὰ πολλὰ ἀπιστίῃ διαφυγγάνει μὴ γινώσκεσθαι 86, cf. Grg. 493c; τοῖσι παρεοῦσι ἀ. πολλὴ ὑπεκέχυτο 3.66, cf. 2.152; ὑπὸ ἀπιστίης 3.153, al.; ὑπὸ ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι from disbelief that . ., 1.68; ἀ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν lack of self-confidence, 8.66; ἀπιστίᾳ λόγους ἐνδέχεσθαι Ion 1606; πέφευγε τοὔπος ἐξ ἀπιστίας Ag. 268; ἀπιστίαν ἔχειν περί τινος to be in doubt, Phd. 107b; σώφρων ἀ. Hel. 1617; πρὸς -ίαν τοῦ κατηγόρου to discredit him, Rh. 1398a10; ἡ ἀ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pol. 1297a4; ἀ. ἡ καθʼ αὑτοῦ 38.2; πρός τι Sph. 258c. 2. of things, τὰ εἰρημένα ἐς ἀ. πολλὴν ἀπῖκται 1.193; πολλὰς ἀπιστίας ἔχει it admits of many doubts, R. 450c; ὁ λόγος εἰς ἀ. καταπίπτει Phd. 88d; καταβαλεῖν τινὰ εἰς ἀ. ib.c; ἀ. παρέχειν ib.86e (interpol.); ἀτοπία καὶ ἀπιστία incredibility, 17.48; ταῦτʼ ἀπιστίαν ἔχει 10.44. II. want of faith, faithlessness, θνήσκει δὲ πίστις βλαστάνει δʼ ἀ. OC 611; treachery, 3.2, An. 2.5.21; βλέπειν ἀπιστίαν 309.
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