πύστις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From zero-grade of the root of πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai, “to inquire, find out”) + -τις (-tis, verbal noun suffix). Compare πεῦσις (peûsis), from e-grade of the same root.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pýs.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpys.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpys.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpys.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpis.tis/
Noun
πῠ́στῐς • (pústis) f (genitive πῠ́στεως); third declension
- inquiry, question
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laches 196c:
- κοινὴ γὰρ ἔσται ἡ πύστις ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τε καὶ σοῦ
- koinḕ gàr éstai hē pústis hupèr emoû te kaì soû
- since the question will be shared on behalf of you and me.
- κοινὴ γὰρ ἔσται ἡ πύστις ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τε καὶ σοῦ
- What is learned by asking: news, report, information
- 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra :
- ἢν μὲν ἔλθῃ πύστις εὐτυχὴς σέθεν
- ḕn mèn élthēi pústis eutukhḕs séthen
- if a good report comes from you
- ἢν μὲν ἔλθῃ πύστις εὐτυχὴς σέθεν
Declension
Third declension of ἡ πῠ́στῐς; τῆς πῠ́στεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πῠ́στῐς hē pústis | τὼ πῠ́στει tṑ pústei | αἱ πῠ́στεις hai pústeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πῠ́στεως tês pústeōs | τοῖν πῠστέοιν toîn pustéoin | τῶν πῠ́στεων tôn pústeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πῠ́στει têi pústei | τοῖν πῠστέοιν toîn pustéoin | ταῖς πῠ́στεσῐ / πῠ́στεσῐν taîs pústesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πῠ́στῐν tḕn pústin | τὼ πῠ́στει tṑ pústei | τᾱ̀ς πῠ́στεις tā̀s pústeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠ́στῐ pústi | πῠ́στει pústei | πῠ́στεις pústeis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- information idem, page 439.
- intelligence idem, page 448.
- news idem, page 557.
- tidings idem, page 874.
- word idem, page 987.