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.
- οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Σίμωνα φιλαργυρήσαντεσ ὑπό τινων τῶν ἐν τοῖσ πύργοισ ἐπείσθησαν ἀργυρίῳ. ἑπτάκισ δὲ μυριάδασ δραχμὰσ λαβόντεσ εἴασάν τινασ διαρρυῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:20)
- ὅσαι δ’ Ἐρινύων οὐκ ἐπείσθησαν νόμῳ, δρόμοισ ἀνιδρύτοισιν ἠλάστρουν μ’ ἀεί, ἑώσ ἐσ ἁγνὸν ἦλθον αὖ Φοίβου πέδον, καὶ πρόσθεν ἀδύτων ἐκταθείσ, νῆστισ βορᾶσ, ἐπώμοσ’ αὐτοῦ βίον ἀπορρήξειν θανών, εἰ μή με σώσει Φοῖβοσ, ὅσ μ’ ἀπώλεσεν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:5)
- οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ τῶν ἱκετῶν, ὅσοι οὐκ ἐπείσθησαν, ὡσ ἑώρων τὰ γιγνόμενα, διέφθειρον ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἀλλήλουσ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν δένδρων τινὲσ ἀπήγχοντο, οἳ δ’ ὡσ ἕκαστοι ἐδύναντο ἀνηλοῦντο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 28 2:2)
- ἐπισχεῖν δὲ τοῦ πλήθουσ κελεύοντοσ ἐπείσθησαν προσδοκῶντεσ, ἐπειδὰν ὁμολογήσω πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ τὰ χρήματα τῷ βασιλεῖ τετηρηκέναι, ὡσ ὡμολογηκότα τὴν προδοσίαν ἀναιρήσειν. (Flavius Josephus, 168:2)
- τούτοισ ἐπείσθησαν ἀμφότεροι, καὶ φθάνειν ἀλλήλουσ νομίζοντεσ ὁ μὲν τῷ Τηριβάζῳ συνέπεμψε πρέσβεισ, ὁ δὲ τῷ παιδὶ τοῦ Τηριβάζου. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 24 4:1)
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)
