- ἀξιόπιστος
- ἀξιόπιστος, ον adj. (s. ἄξιος, πιστός)① pert. to being deemed worthy of credence, trustworthy (X., Pla., et al.; pap; Pr 28:20; 2 Macc 15:11; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 4; Just., D. 72. Suda: ἀξιόπιστος οὐχὶ ὁ κατάπλαστος λέγεται ὑπὸ τῶν παλαιῶν καὶ τεραταίᾳ χρώνενος, ἀλλʼ ὁ πιστὸς καὶ δόκιμος καὶ ἀξιόχρεως=one who is ἀξιόπιστος is defined by the ancients as one who does not make things up nor tell tall tales, but is trustworthy, reliable, and credible) in our lit. used at two levels of sense: a characteristic as perceived or traditionally projected and the reality as established contextually οἱ δοκοῦντες ἀ. εἶναι καὶ ἑτεροδιδασκαλοῦντες who seem to be worthy of confidence and yet teach error IPol 3:1.② pert. to having the appearance of being trustworthy, betraying confidence, pretentious, specious (Lucian, Alex. 4; Chariton 6, 9, 7; so the adv. Jos., Bell. 1, 508) φιλόσοφοι Dg 8:2. In a sharp oxymoron λύκοι ἀ. IPhld 2:2.—DELG s.v. πείθομαι. Spicq.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.