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.
- τὰ δὲ προσηνῆ κἂν ᾖ ψευδῆ πείθει τοὺσ ἀκούοντασ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 18:1)
- ἐπὶ δὲ Θεέλλου τοῦ μετὰ Ἀριστόδημον τὴν περὶ Ῥοδίων ἀπήγγειλε δημηγορίαν, ἐν ᾗ πείθει τοῦσ Ἀθηναίουσ καταλῦσαι τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν δῆμον ἐλευθερῶσαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 4 2:1)
- μετὰ Σωσιγένην ἄρχων ἔστι Νικόμαχοσ, ἐφ’ οὗ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην δημηγορίαν διελήλυθε περὶ τοῦ λελυκέναι τὴν εἰρήνην Φίλιππον καὶ τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ πείθει Βυζαντίοισ ἀποστεῖλαι βοήθειαν, ἧσ ἐστιν ἀρχή· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 10 3:4)
- ἕπεται Νικομάχῳ Θεόφραστοσ ἄρχων, ἐφ’ οὗ πείθει τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ γενναίωσ ὑπομεῖναι τὸν πόλεμον ὡσ κατηγγελκότοσ αὐτὸν ἤδη Φιλίππου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 10 3:6)
- ἐν γὰρ δὴ τούτῳ πείθει τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ τῶν μὲν ἀλλοτρίων μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖσ παροῦσι στέργειν, καὶ τῶν μὲν μικρῶν πόλεων ὡσπερανεὶ κτημάτων φείδεσθαι, τοὺσ δὲ συμμάχουσ τε καὶ εὐεργεσίαισ πειρᾶσθαι κατέχειν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ταῖσ ἀνάγκαισ μηδὲ ταῖσ βίαισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 72)
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)
