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.
- τὸν βάρβαρον δὲ τοῦτον αὐτὸσ πεῖθε σύ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode8)
- ταῦτα ἐνθυμούμενοσ, εἴ τινοσ δέῃ τῶν ἡμετέρων, ἀποθέμενοσ τὰσ ἀπειλὰσ καὶ τὸ βασιλικὸν αὔχημα καταβαλὼν ἴθι πρὸσ τὴν βουλὴν καὶ δίδασκε καὶ πεῖθε τοὺσ συνέδρουσ, ὡσ οὐδενὸσ ἀτυχήσων οὔτε τῶν δικαίων οὔτε τῶν εὐγνωμόνων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 19, chapter 10 7:1)
- κλοιὸν ἔχων πέλασ ἦλθε, λέγων Λεύκωνι κελεύειν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ βαίνειν πεῖθε γὰρ ὡσ ὑλάων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 175 1:1)
- εἴ τισ ἐστὶν ἐν σοὶ ψυχῆσ ἡμέρου καὶ φιλανθρώπου καταλειπομένη μερίσ, ἐλέησον, ὦ Οὐετουρία, γυνὴ γυναῖκασ κοινωνησάσασ ἱερῶν ποτε καὶ ὁσίων, καὶ παραλαβοῦσα μετὰ σεαυτῆσ Οὐολουμνίαν τε τὴν ἀγαθὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὰσ ἱκέτιδασ ἡμᾶσ φερούσασ τὰ νήπια ταυτὶ καὶ αὐτὰσ γενναίασ ἴθι πρὸσ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πεῖθε καὶ λιπάρει καὶ μὴ ἀνῇσ δεομένη, μίαν ἀντὶ πολλῶν χάριν αἰτοῦσα παρ’ αὐτοῦ σπείσασθαι πρὸσ τοὺσ ἑαυτοῦ πολίτασ καὶ κατελθεῖν εἰσ τὴν δεομένην ἀπολαβεῖν αὐτὸν πατρίδα· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 40 4:1)
- νῦν δ’ ἐμοὶ μὲν ὡρ́α ποι ἰέναι, σὺ δὲ ταὐτὰ ταῦτα ἅπερ αὐτὸσ πέπεισαι πεῖθε καὶ τὸν ξένον τόνδε Ἄνυτον, ἵνα πρᾳότεροσ ᾖ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 184:4)
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)
