ἀπίθανον (apithanon)

ἀπίθανον is an Ancient Greek form of ἀπίθανος, meaning “unconvincing, incredible”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective or accusative singular noun or adjective.

Found 38 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Caesar 50.2: … ιον ἔγραψε τρεῖς λέξεις ἦλθον, εἶδον, ἐνίκησα. Ῥωμαϊστὶ δὲ αἱ λέξεις εἰς ὅμοιον ἀπολήγουσαι σχῆμα ῥήματος οὐκ ἀπίθανον τὴν βραχυλογίαν ἔχουσιν.

Lucian of Samosata, Contemplantes 4: … ἡμᾶς ἀγεννεστέρους εἶναι τοῖν βρεφυλλίοιν ἐκείνοιν, καὶ ταῦτα θεοὺς ὑπάρχοντας; οὔκ, ἀλλὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα δοκεῖ μοι ἀπίθανόν τινα τὴν μεγαλουργίαν ἔχειν. εἰκότως· ἰδιώτης γὰρ εἶ, ὦ Χάρων, καὶ ἥκιστα ποιητικός· ὁ δὲ γεννάδας Ὅμηρος ἀπὸ …

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 8.79.3: … ιν, οὔτε φειδὼ τῶν παίδων οὔτʼ ἔλεον ἔσχον. κατὰ μὲν δὴ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ἀξιῶ, ὥσπερ ἔφην, προβεβλῆσθαι τὸν λόγον ὡς ἀπιθανόν· ἐκεῖνα δέ με ἀνθέλκει τεκμηρίων ὄντα οὔτʼ ἐλάχιστα οὔτʼ ἀπίθανα καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἑτέραν ἄγει συγκατάθεσιν, ὅτι μ …

All forms of ἀπίθανος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.