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.
- ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολελόγημαι ὑμῖν, ἀληθῆ καὶ δίκαια καὶ ἐπαίνου μᾶλλον, ὡσ ἐμαυτὸν πείθω, ἢ μίσουσ ἄξια. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 11:1)
- καὶ γίνονται ὄντωσ ἐν Νάξῳ τῇ νήσῳ διάφοροι, ὡσ ἐμαυτόν, φησί, πείθω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 393)
- τίνα δηὖτε πείθω μαῖσ’ ἄγην ἐσ σὰν φιλότατα; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2324)
- οὐκ ἀκαίρωσ δ’, ὡσ ἐμαυτὸν πείθω, μεμνήσομαι τῆσ λέξεωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 183)
- "Πλάτων γάρ," ἔφη, "Διονύσιον ἐγὼ πείθω τουτονί, ἐὰν ἐγὼ γένωμαι δεῦρο Ἡρακλείδην κομίσαι δυνατὸσ ἡμῖν εἰσ λόγουσ περὶ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων αὐτῷ τῶν νῦν γεγονότων, ἂν ἄρα μὴ δόξῃ δεῖν αὐτὸν οἰκεῖν ἐν Σικελίᾳ, τόν τε ὑὸν λαβόντα καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα ἀξιῶ εἰσ Πελοπόννησον ἀποπλεῖν, οἰκεῖν τε βλάπτοντα μηδὲν Διονύσιον ἐκεῖ, καρπούμενον δὲ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 162:1)
- καὶ στέφοσ ἀσκήσασα γαμήλιον ἤλυθε Πειθώ, τοξευτῆροσ Ἔρωτοσ ἐλαφρίζουσα φαρέτρην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 113)
- καὶ πάντα ταῦτα μετὰ Χαρίτων καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ αὐτῆσ ἔπραττέν τε καὶ ἔλεγεν, ὡσ ἀεί, τὸ κωμικὸν ἐκεῖνο, τὴν πειθὼ τοῖσ χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐπικαθῆσθαι. (Lucian, (no name) 10:3)
- ἡδονὴν δὲ καὶ πειθὼ καὶ τέρψιν καὶ τὰσ ὁμοιογενεῖσ ἀρετὰσ εἰσφέρεται μακρῷ Θουκυδίδου κρείττονασ Ἡρόδοτοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 19:2)
- ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ Χάριτέσ τε θεαὶ καὶ πότνια Πειθὼ ὁρ́μουσ χρυσείουσ ἔθεσαν χροί̈· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 11:5)
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)
