2. to feel trust or confidence, i.e. to trust, to be persuaded, pistwqh`nai ejni; qumw`/ Ib; pistwqei;" o{ti . . , feeling confidence that. . , Soph.
III. Med. to give mutual pledges of fidelity, exchange troth, cei`rav" tÆ ajllhvlwn labevthn kai; pistwvsanto Il.:— pistou`sqaiv tina uJfÆ o{rkou to secure his good faith by oaths, Soph.
2. to confirm, prove, make good, guarantee, ti Polyb ., Luc.
pivstra
pivstra , hJ , ( pi-pivskw ) a drinking-trough for cattle, Eur.
pivstwma
pivstwma , ato", tov , ( pistovw ) an assurance, warrant, guarantee, pledge, Aesch ., etc.
II. of persons, ghrala` pistwvmata , = pistoi; gevronte" , Id.
pistwvsanto
pistwvsanto , Ep. 3 pl. aor. I med. of pistovw .
pistwtevo"
pistwtevo" , a, on , verb. Adj. to be warranted, Luc.
pivsuno"
pivsuØno" »i<Eth>1/4, on , ( peivqw ) trusting on, relying or depending on, confiding in another, c. dat ., Il., Hdt.
pivsure"
pivsuØre" »iØ1/4, pivsura , Aeol. for tevssare", tevssara .
pivsw
pivsw »i<Eth>1/4 , f. of pipivskw .
PiØtavnh »a±1/4 , Dor. -na , hJ , a place in Laconia, Hdt. : -oJ Pitanhtevwn lovco", a xopr" of the Sraptan apmy, Id .
pivtnhmi
pivtnhmi , poët. form of petavnnumi , to spread out, hjevra pivtna ( Ep. for ejpivtna ) Il.; pitna;" eij" ejme; cei`ra" stretching out his arms to me, Od.; pivtnan tÆ eij" aijqevra cei`ra" (for ejpivtnan ) Pind. :— Pass. , ajmfi; de; cai`tai pivtnanto Il.
pivtnw
pivtnw , = petavnnumi , Hes.
pivtnw
pivtnw , poët. form of pivptw , used by Pind. and Trag. , when the penult is required to be short; cf. i[scw , mivmnw for e[cw, mevnw .
pivtta
pivtta± , hJ , Att. for pivssa .
pivttino"