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.
- ἐχρῆν μὲν οὖν ἴσωσ τότε φυγεῖν εὐθὺσ καὶ μηκέτι ἀνέχεσθαι τὴν συνουσίαν αὐτῶν νῦν δὲ Ἀντισθένησ με καὶ Διογένησ καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν Κράτησ καὶ Μένιπποσ οὗτοσ ἔπεισαν ὀλίγον ὅσον ἐπιμετρῆσαι τῆσ μονῆσ, ὡσ μήποτε ὤφελον οὐ γὰρ ἂν τοσαῦτα ἐπεπόνθειν ὕστερον. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 11:2)
- ἀλλ’ οἱ σοφοί με καὶ τὸ θεῖον εἰδότεσ μάντεισ ἔπεισαν ἡμέρασ μεῖναι φάοσ κἄπειτ’ Ἀχαιῶν μηδέν’ ἐν χέρσῳ λιπεῖν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode7)
- ἀλλά σ’ Ἕκτοροσ πρεσβεύμαθ’ αἵ τε μυρίαι γερουσίαι ἔπεισαν ἐλθεῖν κἀπικουρῆσαι φίλοισ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 2:6)
- Μάρκιον δὲ σὺν τιμῇ διδόντεσ οἱ στρατηγοὶ λαβεῖν οὐκ ἔπεισαν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus, chapter 3 1:2)
- Κερκυραῖοι δὲ αἰσθόμενοι τάσ τε Ἀττικὰσ ναῦσ προσπλεούσασ τάσ τε τῶν πολεμίων οἰχομένασ, λαβόντεσ τοὺσ Μεσσηνίουσ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἤγαγον πρότερον ἔξω ὄντασ, καὶ τὰσ ναῦσ περιπλεῦσαι κελεύσαντεσ, ἃσ ἐπλήρωσαν, ἐσ τὸν Ὑλαϊκὸν λιμένα, ἐν ὅσῳ περιεκομίζοντο, τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἴ τινα λάβοιεν ἀπέκτεινον, καὶ ἐκ τῶν νεῶν ὅσουσ ἔπεισαν εἰσβῆναι ἐκβιβάζοντεσ ἀνεχρῶντο· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 28 1:5)
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)
