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.
- ἐπεὶ δὲ τῷ μὲν πρεσβυτέρῳ τὸ κήδεσθαι καὶ καθηγεῖσθαι καὶ νουθετεῖν προσῆκόν ἐστι, τῷ δὲ νεωτέρῳ τὸ τιμᾶν καὶ ζηλοῦν καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν, ἡ μὲν ἐκείνου κηδεμονία τὸ ἑταιρικὸν μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πατρικὸν ἐχέτω καὶ τὸ πεῖθον ἢ τὸ ἐπιτάττον καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ἐπὶ τοῖσ κατορθώμασι καὶ κατευφημοῦν τοῦ ψέγοντοσ ἂν ἁμάρτῃ καὶ κολούοντοσ, μὴ μόνον προθυμότερον ὂν ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλανθρωπότερον, τῷ δὲ τοῦ νεωτέρου ζήλῳ τὸ μιμούμενον ἐνέστω μὴ τὸ ἁμιλλώμενον θαυμάζοντοσ γὰρ ἡ μίμησισ, ἡ δ’ ἅμιλλα φθονοῦντόσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 3:2)
- κηδεμονία τὸ ἑταιρικὸν μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πατρικὸν ἐχέτω καὶ τὸ πεῖθον ἢ τὸ ἐπιτάττον καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ἐπὶ τοῖσ κατορθώμασι καὶ κατευφημοῦν τοῦ ψέγοντοσ ἂν ἁμάρτῃ καὶ κολούοντοσ μὴ μόνον προθυμότερον ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλανθρωπότερον τῷ δὲ τοῦ νεωτέρου ζήλῳ τὸ μιμούμενον ἐνέστω μὴ τὸ ἁμιλλώμενον. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 10:1)
- δι’ ἣν οὐδὲ τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἀμοιρεῖ χάριτοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πλάσμασι καὶ ποιήμασι τοῦ πιστεύεσθαι μὴ προσόντοσ ἔνεστιν ὅμωσ τὸ πεῖθον. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 9 7:1)
- "ὣσ φάσαν, ἀλλ’ οὐ πεῖθον ἐμὸν μεγαλήτορα θυμόν, ἀλλά μιν ἄψορρον προσέφην κεκοτηότι θυμῷ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 52:1)
- Τό τε πεῖθον οὐχ ὑποληπτέον ἀληθὲσ ὑπάρχειν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 34:1)
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)
