pi`so"
pi`so" , tov , ( pivnw ) only in pl. meadows, Hom.
pivssa, PI vSSA
PI vSS ØA , Att. pivtta± , hJ , pitch, Lat. pix , Il., Hdt. , etc. : proverb., a[rti mu`" pivtth" geuvetai , i.e. he has got the first taste of misery, Dem.
pisshvrh"
pis"-hvrh" , e", ( * a[rw ) = pisshvei" , Aesch.
pivssino"
pivssiØno" , Att. pivttino" , h, on , like pitch, Luc.
pissovomai
pissovomai , Att. pitt- , Med. ( pivssa ) to remove the hair by means of a pitch-plaster, Luc.
pisswthv"
pisswthv" , ou`, oJ , one who pitches, Luc.
pivsteuma
pivsteuma , ato", tov , = pivstwma , Aesch.
pisteutikov"
pisteutikov" , hv, ovn , disposed to trust, confiding, Arist .: —Adv ., pisteutikw`" e[cein tiniv to rely upon one, Plat.
II. creating belief, Id. From pivno"
pisteuvw , f. euvsw : plqpf. pepisteuvkein : ( pivsti" ):— to trust, trust to or in, put faith in, rely on, believe in a person or thing, c. dat ., p. tiniv Hdt ., Att. ; with neut. Adj ., lovgoi" ejmoi`si pivsteuson tavde believe my words herein, Eur. :—later, p. eij" Qeovn to believe on or in God, N.T. ; p. ejpi; to;n Kuvrion Ib.:— absol. to believe, Hdt ., Thuc. :— Pass. to be trusted or believed, Plat .; pisteuvesqai uJpov tino" to enjoy his confidence, Xen. ; p. parav tini, prov" tina Dem .; wJ" pisteuqhsovmeno" as if he would be believed, Id.:— Med. to believe mutually, Id.
2.
to comply,
Soph.
3.
c. inf.
to believe that, feel sure
or
confident that
a thing is, will be, has been,
Eur.
,
etc.
;
p. poiei`n
to dare
to do a thing,
Dem.
:—
Pass.
,
pisteuvomai ajlhqeuvsein
I am believed likely to
speak truth,
Xen.
4. c. dat. et inf. , toi`si ejpivsteue siga`n to whom he trusted that they would keep silence, in whose secresy he confided, Hdt.
5.
to believe, have faith,
N.T.
II.
p. tiv tini
to entrust
something to another,
Xen.
,
etc.
:—
Pass.
,
pisteuvomaiv ti
I am entrusted with
a thing,
have
it
committed
to me, Id.
pistikov"
pistikov" (A), hv, ovn , ( pivnw ) liquid, N.T .: others refer it to pivsti" , in the sense of genuine, pure.
pistikov"