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Headword: Axiopistia
Adler number: alpha,2816
Translated headword: trustworthiness, plausibility
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] assurance.[1]
And [someone who is] axiopistos is not he whom the ancients call camouflaged[2] and a user of trickery, but he [who is] trustworthy and esteemed, worthy.[3]
Greek Original:
Axiopistia: hê pistôsis. kai Axiopistos ouchi ho kataplastos legetai hupo tôn palaiôn kai terateiai chrômenos, all' ho pistos kai dokimos, axiochreôs.
Notes:
See also alpha 2817.
[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] Literally, plastered-over.
[3] Same material, variously, in other lexica.
Keywords: definition; ethics; imagery
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 November 2000@11:12:33.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; cosmetics) on 29 November 2000@03:04:21.
David Whitehead (added note) on 15 August 2002@10:14:34.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords) on 21 March 2012@07:39:26.
David Whitehead on 2 August 2015@05:07:25.
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