πίστευσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῐστεύω (pĭsteúō) +‎ -σις (-sis). Compare πῐ́στῐς (pĭ́stĭs), πεῖσῐς (peîsĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pís.teu̯.sis/ → /ˈpis.teɸ.sis/ → /ˈpis.tef.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pís.teu̯.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tew.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.teɸ.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tef.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tef.sis/

Noun

πίστευσις • (písteusis) f (genitive πιστεύσεως or πιστεύσῐος); third declension

1. trust, confidence

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πίστευσῐς; τῆς πιστεύσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πίστευσῐς hē písteusĭs	τὼ πιστεύσει tṑ pisteúsei	αἱ πιστεύσεις hai pisteúseis
Genitive	τῆς πιστεύσεως tês pisteúseōs	τοῖν πιστευσέοιν toîn pisteuséoin	τῶν πιστεύσεων tôn pisteúseōn
Dative	τῇ πιστεύσει têi pisteúsei	τοῖν πιστευσέοιν toîn pisteuséoin	ταῖς πιστεύσεσῐ / πιστεύσεσῐν taîs pisteúsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πίστευσῐν tḕn písteusĭn	τὼ πιστεύσει tṑ pisteúsei	τᾱ̀ς πιστεύσεις tā̀s pisteúseis
Vocative	πίστευσῐ písteusĭ	πιστεύσει pisteúsei	πιστεύσεις pisteúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ πίστευσῐς; τῆς πιστεύσῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πίστευσῐς hē písteusĭs	τὼ πιστεύσῐε tṑ pisteúsĭe	αἱ πιστεύσῐες hai pisteúsĭes
Genitive	τῆς πιστεύσῐος tês pisteúsĭos	τοῖν πιστευσῐ́οιν toîn pisteusĭ́oin	τῶν πιστευσῐ́ων tôn pisteusĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ πιστεύσῑ têi pisteúsī	τοῖν πιστευσῐ́οιν toîn pisteusĭ́oin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν πιστεύσῐσῐ / πιστεύσῐσῐν têisĭ(n) pisteúsĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πίστευσῐν tḕn písteusĭn	τὼ πιστεύσῐε tṑ pisteúsĭe	τᾱ̀ς πιστεύσῑς / πιστεύσῐᾰς tā̀s pisteúsīs / pisteúsĭăs
Vocative	πίστευσῐ písteusĭ	πιστεύσῐε pisteúsĭe	πιστεύσῐες pisteúsĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• πιστευτικός (pisteutikós)

References

• “πίστευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πίστευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πίστευσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4102 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.