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.
- ἂν πείθωνται μετὰ λόγου, πράωσ ἀποτίθενται καὶ μετριάζουσιν. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 12 3:1)
- "σὺ μὲν Μακεδονίασ βασιλεύεισ, ἐγὼ δὲ ἰατρικῆσ, καὶ σὺ μὲν ὑγιαίνοντασ δύνασαι ὅταν βουληθῇσ ἀπολλύναι, ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺσ νοσοῦντασ σῴζειν καὶ τοὺσ εὐρώστουσ ἀνόσουσ οἳ ἂν ἐμοὶ πείθωνται παρέχειν μέχρι γήρωσ ζῶντασ, τοιγαροῦν σὲ μὲν Μακεδόνεσ δορυφοροῦσιν, ἐμὲ δὲ καὶ οἱ μέλλοντεσ ἔσεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 33 3:2)
- ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἡγοῦμαι μέγα τεκμήριον ἄρχοντοσ ἀρετῆσ εἶναι, ᾧ ἂν ἑκόντεσ πείθωνται καὶ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ παραμένειν ἐθέλωσιν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 20:1)
- οἵ τε γοῦν πῶλοι μανθάνουσιν ὑπακούειν τοῖσ πωλοδάμναισ τῷ ὅταν μὲν πείθωνται τῶν ἡδέων τι αὐτοῖσ γίγνεσθαι, ὅταν δὲ ἀπειθῶσι πράγματα ἔχειν, ἔστ’ ἂν ὑπηρετήσωσι κατὰ γνώμην τῷ πωλοδάμνῃ· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 13 8:1)
- τοὺσ δὲ τἀναντία πράττειν ἐπιχειροῦντασ ὅπλοισ κωλύειν, ἐὰν μὴ πείθωνται τοῖσ λόγοισ, φειδὼ μηδεμίαν ποιουμένουσ μήτ’ ἰδιώτου μήτ’ ἄρχοντοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 55 3:1)
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)
