Πιθανώτατος
most reliable, most trustworthy, very reliable, very trustworthy
Translated by David Whitehead1 Mar 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πιθανώτατος.
Betacode
*piqanw/tatos.
Notes
- Superlative (masculine nominative singular) of
piqano/s ; cf. pi 1572, pi 1574. Perhaps extracted from a longer entry; cf. kappa 2335, pi 1371.
Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFV.
Linked from2 entries
- π1572Πιθανόνpersuasive, convincingA persuasive proposition is the [sort] which leads toward assent. For example, “if someone brought forth an [offspring], she is its mother”. But this [is] false; for a bird is not the mother of an egg.
- π1574Πιθανούςpersuasive, plausible, credulous, obedient[Meaning] them who obey readily. Xenophon in Education of Cyrus [writes]: "but some are so obedient that they already obey before they know what is being done." Just as Thucydides [calls] those who fear [something]…
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead