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  "headword": "πίστις",
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        "quote": "πίστῑ",
        "ref": "Hdt. 3.74",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πίστισι",
        "ref": "Id. 4.172",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>trust</i> in others, <i>faith,</i> first in Hes., πίστιες καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας Op. 372; πίστει χρήματʼ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δʼ ἐσάωσα Thgn. 831 ; π. ἴσχειν τινί S. OC 950 ; τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις Id. OT 1445, etc.: generally, <i>persuasion</i> of a thing, <i>confidence, assurance,</i> Pi. N. 8.44 ( πιστόν Sch.), etc.; ἡ βεβαιοτάτη π., ἀταραξία καὶ π. βέβαιος, Epicur. Ep. 1p.19, 2p.36U.; σωφροσύνης π. ἔχειν περί τινος to be <i>persuaded</i> of his probity, D. 18.215 ; π. περὶ θεῶν ἔχειν Plu. Suav. 2.1101c.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πίστιες καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας",
                "ref": "Op. 372",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111166",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πίστει χρήματʼ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δʼ ἐσάωσα",
                "ref": "Thgn. 831",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:831"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111167",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. ἴσχειν τινί",
                "ref": "S. OC 950",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:950"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111168",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις",
                "ref": "Id. OT 1445",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1445"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111169",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. περὶ θεῶν ἔχειν",
                "ref": "Plu. Suav. 2.1101c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg139.perseus-grc2:1101c"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>good faith, trustworthiness, honesty,</i> Thgn. 1137, A. Pers. 443, Hdt. 8.105 ; θνῄσκει δὲ π., βλαστάνει δʼ ἀπιστία S. OC 611.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θνῄσκει δὲ π., βλαστάνει δʼ ἀπιστία",
                        "ref": "S. OC 611",
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                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>credence, credit,</i> τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρʼ ἔμοιγʼ ἔχει E. El. 737 (lyr.); πίστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει τινά Arist. EN 1179a17; π. λαβεῖν Plb. 1.35.4.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111171",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρʼ ἔμοιγʼ ἔχει",
                            "ref": "E. El. 737",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc2:737"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111172",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πίστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει τινά",
                            "ref": "Arist. EN 1179a17",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1179a.perseus-grc2.17"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111173",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "π. λαβεῖν",
                            "ref": "Plb. 1.35.4",
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                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "καλῇ π., = Lat. bona fide, PGnom. 180 (ii A.D.), etc.; αἱ κατὰ πίστιν γεινόμεναι κληρονομίαι, = Lat. hereditates fideicommissariae, ib. 56.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>credit,</i> π. τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐστί τινι παρά τισι he has <i>credit</i> for so much money with them, D. 36.57, cf. 44; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι [τί τινι] Id. 32.16; εἰ ἕξω ἐλπίδα πίστεως Astramps. Orac. 68p.6H.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἰ ἕξω ἐλπίδα πίστεως",
                        "ref": "Astramps. Orac. 68p.6H.",
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                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>position of trust</i> or <i>trusteeship,</i> ἐν πίστει κληρονόμος ἀπολειφθείς left <i>in trust,</i> as guardian, Plu. Cic. 41, cf. Lib.educ. [Lib. educ.] 2c supr.; ἐν πίστει ὤν τῷ βασιλεῖ IG 2(2).646.11.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111175",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐν πίστει ὤν τῷ βασιλεῖ",
                            "ref": "",
                            "urn": ""
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>faith,</i> opp. sight and knowledge, 1 Ep.Cor. 13.13, etc.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>that which gives confidence</i> : hence,",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>assurance, pledge of good faith, guarantee,</i> οὐκ ἀνδρὸς ὅρκοι π. ἀλλʼ ὅρκων ἀνήρ A. Fr. 394, cf. S. El. 887, E. Hipp. 1055; ὅρκοις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀναγκάζειν Antipho 6.25 : distd. from ὅρκοι and δεξιαί, Arist. Rh. 1375a10, cf. E. Med. 22; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν S. Ph. 813 ; δός μοι χερὸς σῆς π. Id. OC 1632 ; ὅρκους παρασχών, πίστιν οὐ σμικράν, θεῶν E. Hipp. 1037, cf. Med. 414 (lyr.); πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιέεσθαι make a treaty by exchange of <i>assurances</i> and oaths, Hdt. 9.92, cf. And. 1.107; οἷσιν . . οὔτε π. ὄθʼ ὅρκος μένει Ar. Ach. 308 ; ποιέεσθαι τὰς πίστῑς ( Ion. for πίστεις) Hdt. 3.8 ; πίστεις ποιήσασθαι πρός τινας Th. 4.51 ; ἀλλήλοις X. HG 1.3.12 ; πίστιν δοῦναι to give <i>assurances,</i> Hdt. 9.91, cf. Th. 4.86, 5.45 ; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε Ar. Lys. 1185; ἔδοσαν πίστιν καὶ ἔλαβον interchanged <i>them,</i> X. Cyr. 7.1.44; πίστεις ἀλλήλοιν δεδωκέναι τε καὶ δεδέχθαι Pl. Phdr. 256d ; π. παρά τινος λαβεῖν Lys. 12.9 ; π. πρός τινας δοῦναι c. inf., Id. 19.32 ; πίστι τε λαβεῖν (or καταλαβεῖν) καὶ ὁρκίοισί τινα bind by <i>assurances</i> and oaths, Hdt. 3.74, 9.106; θεῶν πίστεις ὀμόσαι Th. 5.30; πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι or προσθεῖναι, D. 29.26, 49.42, 54.42 : c. gen. objecti, φόβων π. <i>an assurance against</i> . . , E. Supp. 627 (lyr.).",
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                        "quote": "οὐκ ἀνδρὸς ὅρκοι π. ἀλλʼ ὅρκων ἀνήρ",
                        "ref": "A. Fr. 394",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008.perseus-grc2:394"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111177",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅρκοις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀναγκάζειν",
                        "ref": "Antipho 6.25",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc2:25"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111178",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν",
                        "ref": "S. Ph. 813",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅρκους παρασχών, πίστιν οὐ σμικράν, θεῶν",
                        "ref": "E. Hipp. 1037",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἷσιν . . οὔτε π. ὄθʼ ὅρκος μένει",
                        "ref": "Ar. Ach. 308",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc2:308"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111181",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πίστεις ποιήσασθαι πρός τινας",
                        "ref": "Th. 4.51",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.51"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111182",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀλλήλοις",
                        "ref": "X. HG 1.3.12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:1.3.perseus-grc2.12"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111183",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε",
                        "ref": "Ar. Lys. 1185",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc2:1185"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111184",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πίστεις ἀλλήλοιν δεδωκέναι τε καὶ δεδέχθαι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 256d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:256d"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111185",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. παρά τινος λαβεῖν",
                        "ref": "Lys. 12.9",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg012.perseus-grc2:9"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111186",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θεῶν πίστεις ὀμόσαι",
                        "ref": "Th. 5.30",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.30"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>means of persuasion, argument, proof,</i> φρὴν παρʼ ἡμέων (sc. τῶν αἰσθήσεων) λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις Democr. 125; τοὺς δεομένους πίστεως αἰσθήσει κεκραμένης Plot. 4.7.15 ; esp. of proofs used by orators, Antipho 5.84, 6.28, Pl. Phd. 70b, Isoc. 3.8, etc.: in Arist., opp. a demonstrative proof ( ἀπόδειξις) , π. ἔντεχνοι, ἄτεχνοι, Rh. 1355b35, 1375a22: also, generally, π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς APo. 90b14, al.; π. ἡ διὰ συλλογισμοῦ Top. 103b7 ; ἡ τῶν λόγων π. (cf. λόγος IV. 1) Pol. 1326a29; ὁ ἀναιρῶν ταύτην τὴν π. οὐ πολὺ πιστότερα ἐρεῖ EN 1173a1.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις",
                        "ref": "Democr. 125",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001.perseus-grc2:125"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111188",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοὺς δεομένους πίστεως αἰσθήσει κεκραμένης",
                        "ref": "Plot. 4.7.15",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:4.7.perseus-grc2.15"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111189",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς",
                        "ref": "APo. 90b14",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:90b.perseus-grc2.14"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111190",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. ἡ διὰ συλλογισμοῦ",
                        "ref": "Top. 103b7",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:103b.perseus-grc2.7"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111191",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ ἀναιρῶν ταύτην τὴν π. οὐ πολὺ πιστότερα ἐρεῖ",
                        "ref": "EN 1173a1",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1173a.perseus-grc2.1"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>that which is entrusted, a trust,</i> πίστιν ἐγχειρίζειν τινί Plb. 5.41.2, cf. 16.22.2, IG 7.21.12 ( Megara, ii B.C.), 5 (1).26.6 ( Amyclae, ii/i B.C.), BMus.Inscr. 422.7 ( Priene, ii B.C.); σὴ π. <i>given in trust</i> to thee, IG 14.2012 A23 ( Sulp.Max.).",
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              "citations": [
                {
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πίστιν ἐγχειρίζειν τινί",
                    "ref": "Plb. 5.41.2",
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                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>protection</i> or <i>suzerainty,</i> Lat. fides, Αἰτωλοὶ . . δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π. . . τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες Plb. 20.9.10, cf. 3.30.1 ; πάντες εἰς τὴν [τῆς συγκλήτου] π. ἐνδεδεμένοι Id. 6.17.8.",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111193",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Αἰτωλοὶ . . δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π. . . τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες",
                    "ref": "Plb. 20.9.10",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:20.9.perseus-grc2.10"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-111194",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πάντες εἰς τὴν [τῆς συγκλήτου] π. ἐνδεδεμένοι",
                    "ref": "Id. 6.17.8",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:6.17.perseus-grc2.8"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>safe-conduct, safeguard,</i> UPZ 119.32 (pl., ii B.C.); δοῦναί μοι ἔγγραπτον π. ib. 124.30 (ii B.C.).",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "Pythag. name for <i>ten,</i> Theol.Ar. 59, 60.",
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              "citations": [],
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            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "= Lat. Fides, Plu. Num. 16, App. BC 1.16, D.C. 45.17 ; π. δημοσία, = <i>Fides publica,</i> D.H. 2.75.",
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