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πιστ-εύω , fut. -εύσω : plpf.
A.πεπιστεύκεινAct.Ap.14.23 : (πίστις) :—trust, put faith in, rely on a person, thing, or statement, τινι Hdt.1.24 ; “τῷ λόγῳId.2.118, cf. S.El.886, etc. ; “π. θεῶν θεσφάτοισιA.Pers.800 ; “τῇ τύχῃTh.5.112 ; “σφίσιν αὐτοῖςId.3.5; “ταῖς ἀληθείαιςD.44.3 ; [σημείοις] Antipho 5.81 ; “π. τινὶ περί τινοςArist. EN1157a21 ; “ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλωνPlb.2.43.2 : with neut. Adj. or Pron., λόγοις ἐμοῖσι πίστευσον τάδε believe my words herein, E.Hel.710; “τοῦτ᾽ . . Αἰγυπτίοις πιστεῦσαι δεῖArist.Mete.343b10 ; “μὴ πάντα πειρῶ πᾶσι πιστεύεινMen.Mon.335 : later with Preps., π. ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, LXXPs.77(78).22, Ev.Marc.1.15 ; “π. εἰς τὸν ΘεόνEv.Jo.14.1, al.; εἰς τὸ ὄνομά τινος ib.1.12; “π. ἐπὶ τὸν ΚύριονAct.Ap.9.42 : abs., believe, “περὶ μὲν τούτου . . οὔτε ἀπιστέω οὔτε ὦν π. τι λίηνHdt.4.96; χαλεπὰ παντὶ ἑξῆς τεκμηρίῳ πιστεῦσαι although it is hard to believe every single bit of evidence about them, Th.1.20 : c. acc. cogn., π. δόξαν entertain a confident opinion, Id.5.105 :—Pass., to be trusted or believed, “ἄνδρες ἄξιοι πιστεύεσθαιPl.La.181b, cf.Ep.309a, X.Cyr.4.2.8; πιστευθῆναι ὑπό τινος enjoy his confidence, ib.6.1.39, cf. An.7.6.33 ; “π. παρά τινιD.23.4, 58.44 ; “πρός τιναςId.20.25 ; ὡς πιστευθησόμενος as if he would be believed, Id.27.54, cf. 36.43 ; “π. ὡς δημοτικὸς ὤνArist.Pol. 1305a28 ; πιστεύονται [οἱ λόγοι] Id.EN1172b6 ; ἐπιστεύοντο ἔλεγον they were believed in what they said, D.32.4 ; πρόγνωσιν ἐπεπίστευντο were believed to possess foreknowledge, J.AJ17.2.4.
4. c. dat. et inf., τοῖσι ἐπίστευε σιγᾶν to whom he trusted that they would keep silence, Hdt.8.110, cf. X.Cyr.3.3.55, Lys.19.54.
5. have faith, Act.Ap.2.44, 19.18, etc.
II. π. τινί τι entrust something to another, τινὶ ἡγεμονίαν, χρήματα, X.Mem.4.4.17, Smp.8.36; “τὰν ὠνὰν τῷ θεῷGDI1684, al. (Delph.); “γυναικὶ μὴ πίστευε τὸν . . βίονMen.Mon.86; also “περὶ τῶν ἐμῶν τούτῳ ἀξιῶ πιστεύειν ὑμᾶςLys.30.7:—Med., have entrusted to one, “ἀρχήνBerichte der russ. Akad. fuür Gesch. der materiellen Kultur 4.82 (Olbia, ii/iii A.D.):—Pass., πιστεύεσθαί τι to be entrusted with a thing, have it committed to one, παρά or ὑπό τινος, Plb.3.69.1, Phylarch.24J., cf. Vett. Val.65.3: c. inf., “πιστευθέντας τοῖς ἐχθροῖς διαφθείρεινArist.Pol.1287a39 (nisi leg.πεισθέντας): c. gen., “πιστευθεὶς τῆς ΚύπρουPlb.18.55.6, cf. 6.56.13, D.S.12.15, etc.
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