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Headword: *)acio/pistos
Adler number: alpha,2817
Translated headword: trustworthy
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] persuasive.
"He was so very trustworthy that although it was not permitted for an unsworn [witness] to testify, [the] Athenians used to allow this to him alone".[1]
Greek Original:
*)acio/pistos: piqano/s. h)=n de\ a)cio/pistos sfo/dra w(/ste mh\ e)co\n a)nw/moton marturei=n, tou/tw| mo/nw| sunexw/roun *)aqhnai=oi.
Notes:
See already alpha 2816.
[1] Diogenes Laertius 4.7, regarding Xenocrates (xi 42).
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; law; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 November 2000@11:17:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 29 November 2000@03:08:20.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 15 August 2002@10:16:47.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 21 March 2012@07:43:04.
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