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.
- εἰ δὲ μὴ πείθοιεν, οὐδ’ αὐτοῖσ διδομένην δέξεσθαι τὴν χάριν, ἀλλ’ ἄχρι ἂν ἐμπνέωσι πολεμήσειν ὑπὲρ ἐκείνου. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 64 4:2)
- τοσούτων τοίνυν καὶ τοιούτων ὄντων ἃ τῷ βδελυρῷ τούτῳ καὶ ἀναιδεῖ βεβίωται, ἔνιοί μοι προσιόντεσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, τῶν χρωμένων αὐτῷ, παραινοῦντεσ ἀπαλλαγῆναι καὶ καθυφεῖναι τὸν ἀγῶνα τουτονί, ἐπειδή με μὴ πείθοιεν, ὡσ μὲν οὐ πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ πεποίηκεν οὗτοσ καὶ δίκην ἡντινοῦν ἂν δοίη δικαίωσ τῶν πεπραγμένων, οὐκ ἐτόλμων λέγειν, ἐπὶ ταῦτα δ’ ἀπήντων ὡσ ἑάλωκεν ἤδη καὶ κατεψήφισται· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 199:1)
- ἔπειτα πείθειν τοὺσ προεστηκότασ αὐτῶν χάριτι τῆσ βουλῆσ παύσασθαι καὶ μὴ παράγειν τὸν Μάρκιον, εἰ δὲ μὴ πείθοιεν εἰσ μακροτάτουσ ἀναβάλλεσθαι χρόνουσ, ἑώσ ἂν μαρανθῶσιν αἱ τῶν πολλῶν ὀργαί. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 37 2:2)
- εἰ δὲ μηδ’ οὕτωσ πείθοιεν, τέλοσ οἱο͂ν ἐπιμαρτυρομένουσ εἴκειν καὶ τότε ποιεῖν τὸ παραγγελλόμενον. (Polybius, Histories, book 24, chapter 11 8:1)
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)
