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.
- καὶ εἰσῆλθον αἱ ἅβραι καὶ οἱ εὐνοῦχοι τῆσ βασιλίσσησ καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἐταράχθη ἀκούσασα τὸ γεγονὸσ καὶ ἀπέστειλε στολίσαι τὸν Μαρδαχαῖον καὶ ἀφελέσθαι αὐτοῦ τὸν σάκκον. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἐπείσθη. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:4)
- τὰ μὲν οὖν τῆσ γυμνῆσ ἀγωνίασ αὐτίκα ἐδόκει αὐτῷ ἀδύνατον εἶναι μήτε πρὸσ ἰσχὺν μήτε πρὸσ ὠκύτητα εὖ πεφυκότι, κιθάρᾳ δὲ καὶ ᾠδῇ ῥᾳδίωσ κρατήσειν ἐπείσθη ὑπὸ καταράτων ἀνθρώπων οὓσ εἶχε περὶ αὑτὸν ἐπαινούντων καὶ βοώντων ὁπότε καὶ τὸ σμικρότατον ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνακρούσαιτο. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 8:3)
- τοιοῦτον δέ τι ἐγεγένητο ἀναπλεύσασ ὁ νεανίσκοσ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ἄχρι τοῦ Κλύσματοσ, πλοίου ἀναγομένου ἐπείσθη καὶ αὐτὸσ εἰσ Ἰνδίαν πλεῦσαι, κἀπειδήπερ ἐβράδυνεν, οἱ δυστυχεῖσ ἐκεῖνοι οἰκέται αὐτοῦ, οἰηθέντεσ ἢ ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ πλέοντα διεφθάρθαι τὸν νεανίσκον ἢ καὶ ὑπὸ λῃστῶν ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ ἦσαν τότε ‐ ἀνῃρῆσθαι, ἐπανῆλθον ἀπαγγέλλοντεσ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀφανισμόν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 44:4)
- ὑπειπὼν τέλοσ ἐπείσθη, καὶ ἄπεισί σοι πλατὺ ἐγχανών. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 14:3)
- ὡσ δὲ ἐπείσθη καὶ ἧκεν ἔχων καὶ τὸν κεραυνόν, ἀνεφλέγη ὁ ὄροφοσ, καὶ ἡ Σεμέλη μὲν διαφθείρεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρόσ, ἐμὲ δὲ κελεύει ἀνατεμόντα τὴν γαστέρα τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἀνακομίσαι ἀτελὲσ ἔτι αὐτῷ τὸ ἔμβρυον ἑπτάμηνον· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:6)
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)
