Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐμετάπειστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐμετάπειστος εὐμετάπειστον

Structure: εὐμεταπειστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: metapei/qw

Sense

  1. easy to persuade

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ὃ μὲν τοιοῦτοσ οἱο͂σ μὴ διὰ τὸ πεπεῖσθαι διώκειν τὰσ καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν καὶ παρὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον σωματικὰσ ἡδονάσ, ὃ δὲ πέπεισται διὰ τὸ τοιοῦτοσ εἶναι οἱο͂σ διώκειν αὐτάσ, ἐκεῖνοσ μὲν οὖν εὐμετάπειστοσ, οὗτοσ δὲ οὔ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 106:2)

Synonyms

  1. easy to persuade

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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