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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
- IPA(key): /pýs.tis/ → /ˈpys.tis/ → /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.
- 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
Declension
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.