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πύστις

πύστις

Ancient Greek

Noun

πῠ́στῐς • ‎(pústis) f ‎(genitive πῠ́στεως); third declension

Inquiry, question
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laches 196.c
  κοινὴ γὰρ ἔσται ἡ πύστις ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τε καὶ σοῦ
  since the question will be shared on behalf of you and me.
What is learned by asking: news, report, information
- 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra
  ἢν μὲν ἔλθῃ πύστις εὐτυχὴς σέθεν
  if a good report comes from you

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῠ́στῐς; τῆς πῠ́στεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠ́στῐς	τὼ πῠ́στει / πῠ́στεε	αἱ πῠ́στεις / πῠ́στεες
Genitive	τῆς πῠ́στεως	τοῖν πῠστέοιν	τῶν πῠ́στεων
Dative	τῇ πῠ́στει / πῠ́στεῐ̈	τοῖν πῠστέοιν	ταῖς πῠ́στεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν πῠ́στῐν	τὼ πῠ́στει / πῠ́στεε	τᾱ̀ς πῠ́στεις
Vocative	πῠ́στῐ	πῠ́στει / πῠ́στεε	πῠ́στεις / πῠ́στεες
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

πύστις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πύστις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- information idem, page 439.
- intelligence idem, page 448.
- news idem, page 557.
- tidings idem, page 874.
- word idem, page 987.