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καταπιστ-εύω

katapisteuo

trust, feel confidence, entrust

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καταπιστ-εύω · katapist-euō — LSJ

trust, feel confidence

trust, ταῖς ἰδίαις δυνάμεσι Plb. 2.3.3; τινι Hld. 4.13: c. pres. or fut. inf., Id. 6.7, 1.23; ἐν φίλοις LXX Mi. 7.5: abs., feel confidence, Plu. Lys. 8, Gal. 12.692.

II entrust, to be entrusted, devoted

entrust, τινὶ τὴν ἄμυναν, τὴν διοίκησιν, Zos. 1.36, 3.2; ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐξουσίᾳ τοσαύτης ἀρχῆς κίνδυνον Id. 1.5; τινι c. inf., Sammelb. 5273.4 (v A. D.):—Pass., to be entrusted, POxy. 136.8 (vi A. D.): also in pf. part., devoted, ἀνὴρ ταῖς Μούσαις -πεπιστευμένος Phalar. Ep. 93.1.

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