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.
- ἐγὼ δὲ οὔτε ἐκείνοισ πείθομαι οὔτε Ἀχαιῶν Αἰγιεῦσιν ὑποβολιμαῖόν σε εἶναι φάσκουσιν ἃ δὲ μάλιστα ἐλεγχθῆναι δεῖν ἡγοῦμαι, ταῦτα ἐρῶ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 6:11)
- πτηνὸν μὲν οἱ γενέσθαι ὡσ ἵππον οὐ μάλα πείθομαι, δοκέω δέ μιν ταύτην τὴν σοφίην μετέποντα ^ ὑψηλά τε φρονέοντα καὶ ἄστροισιν ὁμιλέοντα ἐσ οὐρανὸν οὐχὶ τῷ ἵππῳ ἀναβῆναι ἀλλὰ τῇ διανοίῃ. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 13:2)
- λέγουσιν δὲ καὶ ἄλλα Ἕλληνεσ πολλὰ μυθώδεα, τοῖσι ἐγὼ οὐ μάλα τι πείθομαι. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 20:1)
- ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τούτοισ πείθομαι καὶ ἤδη πέπεισμαι καὶ ἐσ τὸν οἶκον ἐπὶ λόγοισ παρελήλυθα ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ἰύγγοσ ἢ Σειρῆνοσ τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενοσ, ἐλπίδα οὐ μικρὰν ἔχων, εἰ καὶ τέωσ ἡμῖν ἄμορφοι ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι, καλοὺσ αὐτοὺσ φανεῖσθαι καθάπερ ἐσθῆτι καλῇ κεκοσμημένουσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 13:2)
- ἐγὼ δ’, εἰ μὲν ἐκείνου ἐστίν, οὐκ οἶδα οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐνέτυχον τῶν Καλλικράτουσ οὐδενί, ὅτι δὲ πάμπολυ τῶν Δεινάρχου λόγων ἀφέστηκεν, εὐτελήσ τε ὢν καὶ κενὸσ καὶ οὐκ ἀπέχων ἰδιωτικῆσ φλυαρίασ, πείθομαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 7:6)
Synonyms
-
I convince
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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)
