ἀπιστία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́πῐστος (ắpĭstos, “mistrustful; unreliable”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pis.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pisˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.pisˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.pisˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.pisˈti.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱ • (ăpĭstĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- unbelief, distrust, lack of confidence, doubt
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱ hē ăpĭstĭ́ā |
τὼ ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpĭstĭ́ā |
αἱ ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́αι hai ăpĭstĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱς tês ăpĭstĭ́ās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́αιν toîn ăpĭstĭ́ain |
τῶν ᾰ̓πῐστῐῶν tôn ăpĭstĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾳ tēî ăpĭstĭ́āi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́αιν toîn ăpĭstĭ́ain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́αις taîs ăpĭstĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăpĭstĭ́ān |
τὼ ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpĭstĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăpĭstĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱ ăpĭstĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́ᾱ ăpĭstĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓πῐστῐ́αι ăpĭstĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: απιστία (apistía)
Further reading
- “ἀπιστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀπιστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀπιστία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)