pistikov" (B), hv, ovn , ( pivsti" ) faithful: — Adv. , pistikw`" e[cein tiniv Plut.
2. genuine, v. foreg.
pivsti"
pivsti"
,
hJ
,
gen.
ew"
:
dat.
pivstei
,
Ion.
pivsti<Eth>
:
Ion. nom.
and
acc. pl.
pivsti<Eth>"
;
dat.
pivstisi
: (
peivqomai
):—
trust
in others,
faith,
Lat.
fides, fiducia
,
Hes
.,
Theogn.
,
Att.
;
c. gen. pers.
faith
or
belief in
one,
Eur.
:—generally,
persuasion
of a thing,
confidence, assurance,
Pind
.,
Att.
2.
good faith, trustworthiness, faithfulness, honesty,
Lat.
fides
,
Theogn
.,
Hdt.
,
Att.
3.
in a commercial sense,
credit, trust,
pivsti" tosouvtwn crhmavtwn ejstiv moi parav tini
I have
credit
for so much money with him,
Dem.
;
eij" pivstin didovnai tiv tini
Id.
4.
in Theol.
faith, belief,
as
opp. to
sight and knowledge,
N.T.
II.
that which gives confidence:
hence,
1.
an assurance, pledge of good faith, warrant, guarantee,
Soph
.,
Eur.
;
pivstin kai; o{rkia poiei`sqai
to make a treaty by exchange of
assurances
and oaths,
Hdt.
;
ou[te p. ou[qÆ o{rko" mevnei
Ar.
;
pivstin didovnai
to give
assurances,
Hdt
.;
didovnai kai; lambavnein
to interchange
them,
Xen
.:—of an oath,
qew`n pivstei" ojmnuvnai
Thuc
.;
pivstin ejpitiqevnai
or
prostiqevnai tiniv
Dem
.:—
fovbwn p
.
an assurance against
fears,
Eur.
2.
a means of persuasion, an argument, proof,
such as used by orators,
Plat.
,
etc.
pistov"
pistov" (A), hv, ovn , ( pivnw ) liquid; pistav ( sc. favrmaka ) liquid medicines, opp. to brwvsima , Aesch.
pistov"
pistov" (B), hv, ovn , ( peivqw ):
A.
pass.
to be trusted
or
believed:
I.
of persons,
faithful, trusty, true,
Il.,
Hes.
,
Att.
:—in Persia
oiJ pistoiv
were Privy-councillors,
‘trusty
and well-beloved,’
Xen.
;
pista; pistw`n
=
pistovtatoi
,
Aesch.
2.
trustworthy, worthy of credit,
Thuc.
,
etc.
II.
of things,
trustworthy, sure,
of oaths,
etc.
,
Hom.
,
etc.
;
oujkevti pista; gunaixivn
no longer
can one trust
women, Od.;
ejlpi;" pisth; lovgw/
warranted
by reason,
Thuc.
2.
deserving belief, credible, probable,
Hdt
.,
Plat.
,
etc.
III.
pistovn, tov
, as
Subst.
, like
pivsti"
II
,
a pledge, security, warrant, certainty,
Soph
.,
etc.
;
to;
p. th`" ejleuqeriva"
Thuc
.;
to; p. e[conte" ka]n perigenevsqai
feeling
confidence
that they should survive, Id.:—in
pl.
,
ta; pista; poiei`sqai
=
pivstin poiei`sqai
,
Hdt.
;
pista; qew`n
, of oaths,
Xen.
;
pistovn
or
pista; dou`nai kai; labei`n
to give and receive
pledges,
to interchange
pledges,
Id.,
etc.
B.
act.
like
pivsuno"
,
believing, trusting in, relying on,
tini
Theogn
.,
Aesch.
,
etc.
2.
obedient,
Xen.
3.
faithful, believing,
N.T.
C.
Adv.
pistw`"
,
with good faith, persuasively
Dem.
II.
with disposition to believe,
Id.
pistovth"
pistovth" , hto", hJ , good faith, honesty, Hdt ., Plat.
pistovw
pistovw , f. wvsw , ( pistov" ) to make trustworthy, pistou`n tina o{rkoi" to bind him by oaths, Thuc. II. Pass. to be made trustworthy, give a pledge or warrant, o{rkw/ pistwqh`naiv tini to bind oneself to another by oath, Od.