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Headword: *)aciopisti/a
Adler number: alpha,2816
Translated headword: trustworthiness, plausibility
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] assurance.[1]
And [someone who is] axiopistos is not he whom the ancients call camouflaged[2] and a user of trickery, but he [who is] trustworthy and esteemed, worthy.[3]
Greek Original:
*)aciopisti/a: h( pi/stwsis. kai\ *)acio/pistos ou)xi\ o( kata/plastos le/getai u(po\ tw=n palaiw=n kai\ teratei/a| xrw/menos, a)ll' o( pisto\s kai\ do/kimos, a)cio/xrews.
Notes:
See also alpha 2817.
[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] Literally, plastered-over.
[3] Same material, variously, in other lexica.
Keywords: definition; ethics; imagery
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 November 2000@11:12:33.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; cosmetics) on 29 November 2000@03:04:21.
David Whitehead (added note) on 15 August 2002@10:14:34.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords) on 21 March 2012@07:39:26.
David Whitehead on 2 August 2015@05:07:25.
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