ἄπιστος

See also: άπιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ πῐστός (pĭstós, “believable, believing”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.pis.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pis.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pis.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pis.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pis.tos/

Adjective

ἄπῐστος • (ápĭstos) m or f (neuter ἄπῐστον); second declension

not to be trusted
1. (of persons and their acts) untrustworthy, faithless, groundless
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.106
  - 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 601
  - 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1298
  - 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 226
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.22
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.4.7
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 683
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.120
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 775D
2. (of reports and the like) incredible
  - 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Collected Works 74.5
  - 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.31
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.80
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 832
  - 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 418
  - 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.556
  - 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 868
  - 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 59
  - 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 67
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Epistles 314B
not believing or trusting, distrustful, mistrustful, incredulous, suspicious
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.150
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.8
- 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 27
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 26E
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 705A
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.66
- 485 BCE – 380 BCE, Gorgias, Defense of Palamedes 11
1. (in the New Testament) unbelieving, a non-believer
  - 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 6:6
2. not obeying, disobedient
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 627
  - 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 876
  - 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1035
  - 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1476

Inflection

Second declension of ἄπῐστος; ἄπῐστον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἄπῐστος ápĭstos	ἄπῐστον ápĭston	ἀπῐ́στω apĭ́stō	ἀπῐ́στω apĭ́stō	ἄπῐστοι ápĭstoi	ἄπῐστᾰ ápĭstă
Genitive	ἀπῐ́στου apĭ́stou	ἀπῐ́στου apĭ́stou	ἀπῐ́στοιν apĭ́stoin	ἀπῐ́στοιν apĭ́stoin	ἀπῐ́στων apĭ́stōn	ἀπῐ́στων apĭ́stōn
Dative	ἀπῐ́στῳ apĭ́stōi	ἀπῐ́στῳ apĭ́stōi	ἀπῐ́στοιν apĭ́stoin	ἀπῐ́στοιν apĭ́stoin	ἀπῐ́στοις apĭ́stois	ἀπῐ́στοις apĭ́stois
Accusative	ἄπῐστον ápĭston	ἄπῐστον ápĭston	ἀπῐ́στω apĭ́stō	ἀπῐ́στω apĭ́stō	ἀπῐ́στους apĭ́stous	ἄπῐστᾰ ápĭstă
Vocative	ἄπῐστε ápĭste	ἄπῐστον ápĭston	ἀπῐ́στω apĭ́stō	ἀπῐ́στω apĭ́stō	ἄπῐστοι ápĭstoi	ἄπῐστᾰ ápĭstă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀπῐ́στως apĭ́stōs		ἀπῐστότερος apĭstóteros		ἀπῐστότᾰτος apĭstótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

πῐστός (pĭstós)

Derived terms

ἀπιστέω (apistéō)
ἀπιστία (apistía)