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.
- οὔκ, ἂν ἔμοιγε πείθησθε, οὐδὲ μετὰ τῶν τειχῶν καὶ ταῦτα ἡμῶν αὐτῶν περιαιρησόμεθα, ὁπλίτασ πολλοὺσ καὶ ἱππέασ καὶ τοξότασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33 3:2)
- ὥστ’ ἐὰν ἔμοιγε πείθησθε, οὐ τοὺσ εὐεργέτασ, καθὸ δύνασθε, τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἀποστερήσετε οὐδὲ τοὺσ λόγουσ πιστοτέρουσ τῶν ἔργων οὐδὲ τὰ μέλλοντα τῶν γεγενημένων νομιεῖτε ἄλλωσ τε καὶ μεμνημένοι τῶν περὶ τῆσ ὀλιγαρχίασ μαχομένων, οἳ τῷ μὲν λόγῳ τῷ δήμῳ πολεμοῦσι, τῷ δὲ ἔργῳ τῶν ὑμετέρων ἐπιθυμοῦσιν, ἅπερ κτήσονται, ὅταν ὑμᾶσ ἐρήμουσ συμμάχων λάβωσιν, εἶτα τοιούτων ἡμῖν ὑπαρχόντων ἐροῦσι, τίσ ἔσται σωτηρία τῇ πόλει, εἰ μὴ ποιήσομεν, ἃ Λακεδαιμόνιοι κελεύουσιν; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33 4:2)
- δέοσ δὲ μὴ καὶ πλειόνων ἔτι, ἐὰν μὴ νῦν ὑμεῖσ ἐμοὶ πείθησθε τὸ δεύτερον συμβουλεύοντι. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 23:1)
- τοιοῦτοσ οὖν ἄλλοσ οὐ ῥᾳδίωσ ὑμῖν γενήσεται, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, ἀλλ’ ἐὰν ἐμοὶ πείθησθε, φείσεσθέ μου· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 143:1)
- ἐὰν δ’ ἐμοὶ πείθησθε, οὐκ ἐλάττω ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὑμεῖσ ὠφεληθήσεσθε ἢ ἡμεῖσ οἱ κεκτημένοι, ἐπεὶ καὶ νυνὶ Διόμνηστοσ καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ ἀδελφόσ ἐκ μιᾶσ οἰκίασ τρεῖσ ὄντεσ τριηραρχοῦμεν, καὶ ὅταν ἡ πόλισ δέηται χρημάτων, ἀπὸ τούτων ὑμῖν εἰσφέρομεν. (Lysias, Speeches, tou= Niki/ou a)de/lfou e)pi/logos> 26:3)
Synonyms
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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)
