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ἀπίθανος

ἀπίθανος, not winning belief, incredible, unlikely, improbable

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ἀπιθάνοις masculine dative plural, feminine dative plural, neuter dative plural of ἀπίθανος

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ἀπίθᾰνος [ῐ], ον,
  • incredible, unlikely, Pl. Lg. 663e, Arist. Po. 1461b12; φαντασίαι Stoic. 2.25: Comp. ἔτι -ώτερον εἰ . . Str. 1.2.22.
      • 2 of persons, not to be trusted or relied on, πρός τι in a matter, Aeschin. 2.3.
        • b unpersuaded, unconvinced, ἀ. ἂν εἴη Pl. Prm. 133c.
    • II not having confidence to do a thing, c. inf., Plu. Nic. 3.
    • III not persuasive, unconvincing, λόγος Pl. Phdr. 265b, cf. Arist. Rh. 1406b14, 1408b22; ὁρίζειν τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀπίθανον Ael. Tact. 8.1; ἀ. λέγειν, of persons, Plu. Praec. 2.812e, cf. 819c; ἀ. ζωγράφος Luc. Ind. 22; ἀ. ἐν τῇ ὑποκρίσει Id. Pseudol. 16. Adv. -νως not persuasively, coarsely, rudely, Isoc. 5.26, D.H. Lys. 17, Epicur. Ep. 2 p.35 U., etc.

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