πείθω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πείθω
πείσω
ἔπεισα
πέπεικα
πέπεισμαι
ἐπείσθην
Structure:
πείθ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I convince, persuade
- I succeed through entreaty
- I mislead
- I bribe
- I tempt
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀλλ’ ἰδὼν ἐπειθόμην. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 1:33)
- ἐγὼ δὲ οὐδαμῶσ ἐπειθόμην, ἀλλ’ ἠξίουν ἀποπεμφθῆναι κάτω ἐσ τὴν θάλατταν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 21:7)
- ἀπὸ νεύματοσ καὶ σιωπῇ καὶ προθυμότερον ἢ μετὰ πληγῶν καὶ στιγμάτων ἑτέροισ, ἐπειθόμην ἡγεμονικώτερον εἶναι τοῦ θυμοῦ τὸν λογισμόν. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 11 6:1)
- ὀψὲ μέντοι συνεῖδον ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ἐκείνουσ ἀνεξικακίᾳ χείρονασ ποιεῖν βέλτιόν ἐστιν ἢ πικρίᾳ καὶ θυμῷ διαστρέφειν ἑαυτὸν εἰσ ἑτέρων ἐπανόρθωσιν ἔπειτα πολλοὺσ ὁρῶν αὐτῷ τῷ μὴ κολάζεσθαι πολλάκισ αἰδουμένουσ κακοὺσ εἶναι καὶ μεταβολῆσ ἀρχὴν τὴν συγγνώμην μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν τιμωρίαν λαμβάνοντασ, καὶ νὴ Δία δουλεύοντασ ἑτέροισ ἀπὸ νεύματοσ σιωπῇ προθυμότερον ἢ μετὰ πληγῶν καὶ στιγμάτων ἑτέροισ, ἐπειθόμην ἡγεμονικώτερον εἶναι τοῦ θυμοῦ τὸν λογισμόν. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 11 1:2)
- ἐγὼ γὰρ νῦν καὶ περὶ τοῦ σώματοσ καὶ περὶ τῶν χρημάτων καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων κινδυνεύω, ὅτι τοῖσ τῆσ πόλεωσ νόμοισ ἐπειθόμην. (Lysias, Speeches, 63:1)
Synonyms
-
I convince
-
I mislead
-
I bribe
-
I tempt
Derived
- ἀναπείθω (to bring over, convince, to persuade)
- ἐκπείθω (to over-persuade)
- καταπείθω (to persuade)
- μεταπείθω (to change a man's persuasion, to be persuaded to change)
- παραπείθω (to persuade gradually, win over, beguile)
- προπείθω (to persuade beforehand)
- συμπείθω (to join or assist in persuading, to help in persuading, to allow oneself to be persuaded at the same time)
- συναναπείθω (to assist in persuading)
