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 γάρ μοι πείθοιο, μάλιστα μὲν ^ ὅλον ἐσ τὴν θάλατταν ἐμβαλεῖσ αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ἀναγκαῖον ἀνδρὶ ἀγαθῷ ὄντα καὶ τὸν φιλοσοφίασ πλοῦτον ὁρᾶν δυναμένῳ· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 55:5)
- κἂν εἴ τισ περὶ ἀγωνίασ τοῦ ὑέοσ σοι βουλὴ εἰή τί χρὴ ἀσκεῖν, ἆρα τοῖσ πλείοσιν ἂν ἡμῶν πείθοιο, ἢ ’κείνῳ ὅστισ τυγχάνει ὑπὸ παιδοτρίβῃ ἀγαθῷ πεπαιδευμένοσ καὶ ἠσκηκώσ; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 38:6)
- αὐτῷ ἄρ’ ἂν μᾶλλον πείθοιο ἢ τέτταρσιν οὖσιν ἡμῖν; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 39:2)
- παρεσκεύασμαι γὰρ ὡσ καὶ τὰ δίκαια ἐρῶν καὶ εἰ μὴ πείθοιο τὰ βίαια πράξων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 4, chapter 32 4:3)
- ἐγὼ γάρ σε ταῦτα ἐπίτηδεσ ἐδιδαξάμην, ὅπωσ μὴ δι’ ἄλλων ἑρμηνέων τὰσ τῶν θεῶν συμβουλίασ συνιείησ, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸσ καὶ ὁρῶν τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ ἀκούων τὰ ἀκουστὰ γιγνώσκοισ καὶ μὴ ἐπὶ μάντεσιν εἰήσ, εἰ βούλοιντό σε ἐξαπατᾶν ἕτερα λέγοντεσ ἢ τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν σημαινόμενα, μηδ’ αὖ, εἴ ποτε ἄρα ἄνευ μάντεωσ γένοιο, ἀποροῖο θείοισ σημείοισ ὅ τι χρῷο, ἀλλὰ γιγνώσκων διὰ τῆσ μαντικῆσ τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν συμβουλευόμενα, τούτοισ πείθοιο. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 6 4:4)
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)
