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.
- ὅθεν ὁ Μενέλαοσ λαβὼν ἰδίᾳ τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον, παρεκάλει χειρώσασθαι τὸν Ὀνίαν. ὁ δὲ παραγενόμενοσ ἐπὶ τὸν Ὀνίαν καὶ πεισθεὶσ ἐπὶ δόλῳ καὶ δεξιὰσ μεθ̓ ὅρκων δούσ, καίπερ ἐν ὑποψίᾳ κείμενοσ, ἔπεισεν ἐκ τοῦ ἀσύλου προελθεῖν, ὃν καὶ παραχρῆμα παρέκλεισεν οὐκ αἰδεσθεὶσ τὸ δίκαιον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:34)
- μὴ συμμανῇσ καὶ σὺ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ σου τὴν αὐτὴν μανίαν, ἀλλὰ πεισθεὶσ τῷ βασιλεῖ, σῷζε σεαυτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:13)
- πεισθεὶσ δὲ φίλοσ ἔσῃ καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ βασιλείασ ἀφηγήσῃ πραγμάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 12:5)
- εἶτ’ ἐπειδὴ πεισθεὶσ ὁ ἠλίθιοσ ἐκεῖνοσ Κελτὸσ εἰσέβαλε καὶ ἀπήλλαξεν αὐτῇ στρατιᾷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὀσρόου κατακοπείσ, τοῦτον μὲν τὸν χρησμὸν ἐξαιρεῖ ἐκ τῶν ὑπομνημάτων, ἐντίθησιν δ’ ἄλλον ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 27:4)
- ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν καὶ Κάδμοσ, ὃν σὺ διαγελᾷσ, κισσῷ τ’ ἐρεψόμεσθα καὶ χορεύσομεν, πολιὰ ξυνωρίσ, ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ χορευτέον, κοὐ θεομαχήσω σῶν λόγων πεισθεὶσ ὕπο. (Euripides, episode 13:3)
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)
