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.
- τῶν δὲ εἰπόντων μὴ καθήκειν γίνεσθαι τοῦτο, διὰ τὸ μηδὲ τοῖσ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνουσ ἐξεῖναι εἰσιέναι, μηδὲ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἱερεῦσιν, ἀλλ’ ἢ μόνῳ τῷ προηγουμένῳ πάντων ἀρχιερεῖ, καὶ τούτῳ ἅπαξ κατ’ ἐνιαυτόν, οὐδαμῶσ ἠβούλετο πείθεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:11)
- δίκαιοί τε γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ σώφρονεσ καὶ ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι καὶ φιλάδελφοι καὶ φιλομήτορεσ οὕτωσ, ὥστε καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τὰ νόμιμα φυλάσσοντασ πείθεσθαι αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:10)
- οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ὅσιον αὐτοῖσι πείθεσθαι, οὐδὲ Ηἔλιοσ παῖδα ἐποιήσατο, οὐδὲ ὁ παῖσ αὐτῷ ἀπέθανεν. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 19:7)
- ἐκεῖνο δὲ καινότερον νῦν δυστυχῶ, ὅτι ἔγκλημα μὲν ἴδιον οὐκ ἔχω, κινδυνεύω δὲ τιμωρίαν ὑποσχεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆσ τέχνησ εἰ μὴ πάντα δύναται πείθεσθαι τούτῳ κελεύοντι, οὗ τί γένοιτ’ ἂν ἀτοπώτερον, θεραπεύειν ἐκ προστάγματοσ, οὐκέθ’ ὡσ ἡ τέχνη δύναται, ἀλλ’ ὡσ ὁ πατὴρ βούλεται ; (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 1:2)
- πρότερον δὲ ἁπλῶσ ἐκεῖνό φημι, ὡσ οὐ πάντα προστάττειν οὔτε τούτῳ δίδωσιν ὁ νόμοσ οὔτ’ ἐμοὶ τὸ πείθεσθαι πᾶσιν πάντωσ ἀναγκαῖον. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 22:5)
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)
