πιστός
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πιθ- (pith-) (zero-grade of the root of πείθω (peíthō, “to persuade; to trust”)) + -τός (-tós, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pis.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pisˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pisˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pisˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pisˈtos/
Adjective
[edit]πῐστός • (pistós) m (feminine πῐστή, neuter πῐστόν); first/second declension
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | πῐστός pistós |
πῐστή pistḗ |
πῐστόν pistón |
πῐστώ pistṓ |
πῐστᾱ́ pistā́ |
πῐστώ pistṓ |
πῐστοί pistoí |
πῐσταί pistaí |
πῐστᾰ́ pistá | |||||
Genitive | πῐστοῦ pistoû |
πῐστῆς pistês |
πῐστοῦ pistoû |
πῐστοῖν pistoîn |
πῐσταῖν pistaîn |
πῐστοῖν pistoîn |
πῐστῶν pistôn |
πῐστῶν pistôn |
πῐστῶν pistôn | |||||
Dative | πῐστῷ pistôi |
πῐστῇ pistêi |
πῐστῷ pistôi |
πῐστοῖν pistoîn |
πῐσταῖν pistaîn |
πῐστοῖν pistoîn |
πῐστοῖς pistoîs |
πῐσταῖς pistaîs |
πῐστοῖς pistoîs | |||||
Accusative | πῐστόν pistón |
πῐστήν pistḗn |
πῐστόν pistón |
πῐστώ pistṓ |
πῐστᾱ́ pistā́ |
πῐστώ pistṓ |
πῐστούς pistoús |
πῐστᾱ́ς pistā́s |
πῐστᾰ́ pistá | |||||
Vocative | πῐστέ pisté |
πῐστή pistḗ |
πῐστόν pistón |
πῐστώ pistṓ |
πῐστᾱ́ pistā́ |
πῐστώ pistṓ |
πῐστοί pistoí |
πῐσταί pistaí |
πῐστᾰ́ pistá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πῐστῶς pistôs |
πῐστότερος pistóteros |
πῐστότᾰτος pistótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- πιστόω (pistóō)
References
[edit]- “πιστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πιστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πιστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πιστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πιστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πιστός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4103 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- πιστός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- authentic idem, page 53.
- authoritative idem, page 53.
- believable idem, page 72.
- binding idem, page 79.
- certain idem, page 122.
- confident idem, page 158.
- constant idem, page 164.
- credible idem, page 183.
- crucial idem, page 187.
- doughty idem, page 248.
- faithful idem, page 303.
- fast idem, page 308.
- firm idem, page 322.
- loyal idem, page 503.
- reliable idem, page 690.
- rely on idem, page 692.
- safe idem, page 730.
- scrupulous idem, page 743.
- secure idem, page 747.
- stable idem, page 808.
- stanch idem, page 810.
- steadfast idem, page 814.
- sure idem, page 842.
- tried idem, page 895.
- trust idem, page 899.
- trusty idem, page 899.
- unfailing idem, page 917.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πιστός.
Adjective
[edit]πιστός • (pistós) m (feminine πιστή, neuter πιστό)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | πιστός (pistós) | πιστή (pistí) | πιστό (pistó) | πιστοί (pistoí) | πιστές (pistés) | πιστά (pistá) | |
genitive | πιστού (pistoú) | πιστής (pistís) | πιστού (pistoú) | πιστών (pistón) | πιστών (pistón) | πιστών (pistón) | |
accusative | πιστό (pistó) | πιστή (pistí) | πιστό (pistó) | πιστούς (pistoús) | πιστές (pistés) | πιστά (pistá) | |
vocative | πιστέ (pisté) | πιστή (pistí) | πιστό (pistó) | πιστοί (pistoí) | πιστές (pistés) | πιστά (pistá) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πιστός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πιστός, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο πιστότερος", etc)
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Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]πιστός • (pistós) m (plural πιστοί, feminine πιστή)
Declension
[edit]Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeydʰ-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τός
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό
- Greek nouns
- Greek masculine nouns
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- Greek nouns declining like 'αδελφός'
- el:People