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.
- οἳ δὲ ἀκούσαντεσ αὖθισ εἰσῆλθον εἰσ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ βουλευσάμενοι μετὰ τοῦ πλήθουσ ἔλεξαν, ὅτι βούλονται Ἀθηναίοισ κοινῶσαι πρῶτον ἃ προκαλεῖται, καὶ ἢν πείθωσιν αὐτούσ, ποιεῖν ταῦτα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 36 4:4)
- οὐ γὰρ ἐὰν Κτησικλῆσ ὁ μέτοικοσ συγχωρήσῃ τούτῳ, πονηρὸσ πονηρῷ, μὴ παραδοθῆναι τοῖσ πράκτορσιν τὸν προσοφλόντα κατὰ τὸν νόμον, διὰ τοῦτο δεῖ τὴν πόλιν ἀπεστερῆσθαι τῶν ἐκ τῶν νόμων ἐπικειμένων ζημιῶν, ἀλλὰ προσήκει τοὺσ ἀντιδίκουσ ὑπὲρ μὲν τῶν ἰδίων, ὅπωσ ἂν αὑτοὺσ πείθωσιν, διοικεῖσθαι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῶν πρὸσ τὸ δημόσιον, ὅπωσ ἂν οἱ νόμοι κελεύωσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 33:2)
- καὶ εἴ τινεσ ἄλλοι ἀδικοῦσιν, ἧττον μὲν ἐκείνων, ἀδικοῦσι δέ, τὸ δέοσ αὐτοὺσ ποιεῖ τό τε ὑμέτερον καὶ τὸ τῶν κατηγόρων μὴ ἐπιδημεῖν ἀλλὰ στρατεύεσθαι, ἵνα ἢ ὑμᾶσ πραοτέρουσ ποιῶσιν ἢ τούτουσ πείθωσιν. (Lysias, Speeches, 23:1)
- "νῦν δὲ αὑτοῖσ μὲν κατέλιπον τὴν εἰσ τὸ ἀφανὲσ ἀναφοράν, ἂν μὴ πείθωσιν, ἐν ἡμῖν δὲ ἀποκινδυνεύειν ᾠήθησαν δεῖν. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1044)
- ὥσπερ οἱ χρηστοὶ πατέρεσ τοῖσ παισὶν ἃ μὲν δύνανται παραινοῦσιν, ἃ δ̓ ἄν ἂν μὴ πείθωσιν, εὔχονται τοῖσ θεοῖσ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:4)
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)
