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.
- τί δ’ ἄλλο, εἶπεν ὁ Εὐκράτησ, ἢ τουτονὶ τόν ἀδαμάντινον πείθομεν ‐ δείξασ ἐμὲ ‐ ἡγεῖσθαι δαίμονάσ τινασ εἶναι καὶ φάσματα καὶ νεκρῶν ψυχάσ περιπολεῖν ὑπέρ γῆσ καὶ φαίνεσθαι οἷσ ἄν ἐθέλωσιν. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:59)
- "τί οὐ πείθομεν, ὦ Φωκίων, Ἀθηναίουσ τὴν Λακωνικὴν προσδέξασθαι πολιτείαν; (Plutarch, chapter 20 3:2)
- δίκαια μὲν δὴ ταῦτα προεχόμενοι πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ μεγάλα, ὥσ γ’ οὖν οἰόμεθα, πείθομεν ὑμᾶσ μηδὲν ἐξαμαρτάνειν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 32 1:1)
- Εἰδότεσ οὖν τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἀνθρώπουσ πείθομεν, θεῷ δὲ πεφανερώμεθα· (PROS KORINQIOUS B, chapter 1 100:1)
- ἆρ’ οὖν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, πείθομέν πῃ ἐκείνουσ, οὓσ διατεταμένουσ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ ἔφησθα ἰέναι, ὡσ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστι πολιτειῶν ζωγράφοσ ὃν τότ’ ἐπῃνοῦμεν πρὸσ αὐτούσ, δι’ ὃν ἐκεῖνοι ἐχαλέπαινον ὅτι τὰσ πόλεισ αὐτῷ παρεδίδομεν, καί τι μᾶλλον αὐτὸ νῦν ἀκούοντεσ πραύ̈νονται; (Plato, Republic, book 6 341:1)
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)
