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 γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ῥᾷστοσ εἶ τῆσ ῥινὸσ ἕλκεσθαι, καὶ πιστεύεισ αὐτοῖσ ἅπαντα, ὅσ ποτε κἀκεῖνο ἐπείσθησ, ὡσ βασιλεῖ τινι ὡμοιώθησ τὴν ὄψιν, καθάπερ ὁ ψευδαλέξανδροσ καὶ ὁ ^ ψευδοφίλιπποσ ἐκεῖνοσ κναφεὺσ καὶ ὁ κατὰ τοὺσ προπάτορασ ἡμῶν ψευδονέρων καὶ εἴ τισ ἄλλοσ τῶν ὑπὸ τῷ ψευδο ^ τεταγμένων. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 20:3)
- ἀλλὰ σὺ πρότεροσ ἀπόκριναί μοι ᾧτινι λόγῳ ἐπείσθησ εἶναι αὐτούσ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 35:3)
- ἐκεῖνο, ὦ Τιμόκλεισ, ὃ πάλαι ἐγὼ ἐπόθουν ἀκοῦσαί σου, ὅπωσ ἐπείσθησ οἰέσθαι προνοεῖν τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἡ τάξισ με πρῶτον τῶν γινομένων ἔπεισεν, ὁ ἥλιοσ ἀεὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἰὼν καὶ σελήνη κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ὡρ͂αι τρεπόμεναι καὶ φυτὰ φυόμενα καὶ ζῷα γεννώμενα καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα οὕτωσ εὐμηχάνωσ κατεσκευασμένα ὡσ τρέφεσθαι καὶ κινεῖσθαι καὶ ἐννοεῖν καὶ βαδίζειν καὶ τεκταίνεσθαι καὶ σκυτοτομεῖν καὶ τἆλλα· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 38:2)
- ἀτὰρ ἡδέωσ ἂν καὶ ἀκούσαιμι οἷστισι μάλιστα ἐπείσθησ τῶν Ὁμήρου· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 40:1)
- εὖ γ’ ὅτι ἐπείσθησ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:11)
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)
