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.
- εἰ δὲ τοῦτ’ οὐκ ἐποίουν, ἐπῄνουν δὲ Δημοσθένη πάσασ διεξιὼν αὐτοῦ τὰσ ἀρετάσ, ὡσ μὲν ἀγαθὸσ ὁ ῥήτωρ, ἔπεισα πάντωσ ἂν τοὺσ ἀναγνωσομένουσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 7:1)
- ὡσ δὲ καὶ κράτιστοσ πάντων τῶν πρωτευσάντων περὶ λόγουσ, οὐκ ἂν ἔπεισα μὴ παρατιθεὶσ αὐτῷ τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 7:2)
- ὁρμήσασα δὲ εἰσ Ἰνδοὺσ τὸ πρῶτον, ἔθνοσ μέγιστον τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, οὐ χαλεπῶσ ἔπεισα καταβάντασ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλεφάντων ἐμοὶ συνεῖναι, ὥστε καὶ γένοσ ὅλον, οἱ Βραχμᾶνεσ, τοῖσ Νεχραίοισ καὶ Ὀξυδράκαισ ὅμορον, οὗτοι πάντεσ ὑπ’ ἐμοὶ τάττονται καὶ βιοῦσίν τε ^ κατὰ τὰ ἡμῖν δοκοῦντα, τιμώμενοι πρὸσ τῶν περιοίκων ἁπάντων, καὶ ἀποθνήσκουσι παράδοξόν τινα τοῦ θανάτου τρόπον. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 6:5)
- ἐγὼ δ’ ἔριν λύουσ’ ὑπόσπονδον μολεῖν ἔπεισα παιδὶ παῖδα πρὶν ψαῦσαι δορόσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 6:5)
- οὐ μὴν ἔπεισα· (Flavius Josephus, 23:2)
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)
