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πύστις 1 πυθέσθαι

I.enquiry, τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες, εἰ . . introducing the questions whether . . , Thuc.
rarer form of πεῦσις
II.that which is learnt by asking, tidings, Aesch., Eur.; κατὰ πύστιν ᾗ χωροίη according as they learnt which way he was gone, Thuc.; πύστει τῶν προγενομένων by hearing of what was done before, id=Thuc.

1 πύστις, εως,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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