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πιστός
faithful /piˈstos/
adjectiveB2#2070 most common
Also: trustworthy, loyal, believing
Example sentences
Ο σκύλος είναι πιστός.
The dog is faithful.
Ο Νίκος είναι πιστός φίλος μου.
Nikos is my faithful friend.
Πρέπει να είσαι πιστός στις υποσχέσεις σου.
You must be faithful to your promises.
Οι πιστοί γέμισαν την εκκλησία το Πάσχα.
The faithful filled the church at Easter.
Έμεινε πιστός στα ιδανικά του μέχρι το τέλος.
He stayed faithful to his ideals until the end.
Η μετάφραση θεωρείται πιστή απόδοση του πρωτότυπου, κάτι σπάνιο σε τόσο δύσκολα κείμενα.
The translation is considered a faithful rendering of the original, something rare in such difficult texts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πιστός | πιστοί |
| Genitive | πιστού | πιστών |
| Accusative | πιστό | πιστούς |
| Vocative | πιστέ | πιστοί |
Word family
Etymology
Πιστός comes from the same root as πείθω (to persuade) and πίστις (faith, trust). The root traces back to a Proto-Indo-European word meaning to trust or confide. Latin inherited the same root in fides (faith) and foedus (treaty), and English got a related word through Germanic in bide.
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