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.
- ἐάν σου δέηται ὁ ἐχθρὸσ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, μὴ πεισθῆσ, ἑπτὰ γάρ εἰσι πονηρίαι ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:26)
- σὺ δὲ ἢν πεισθῇσ τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ, καὶ δὴ παρεῖναι νόμιζε οἷπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐπόθεισ ἐλθεῖν, καὶ οὐδέν σε κωλύσει ἑπόμενον τοῖσ νόμοισ ἔν τε τοῖσ δικαστηρίοισ κρατεῖν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ πλήθεσιν εὐδοκιμεῖν καὶ ἐπέραστον εἶναι καὶ γαμεῖν οὐ γραῦν τινα τῶν κωμικῶν, καθάπερ ὁ νομοθέτησ καὶ διδάσκαλοσ, ἀλλὰ καλλίστην γυναῖκα τὴν Ῥητορικήν, ὡσ τὸ τοῦ Πλάτωνοσ ἐκεῖνο πτηνὸν ἁρ́μα ἐλαύνοντα φέρεσθαι σοὶ μᾶλλον πρέπειν περὶ σεαυτοῦ εἰπεῖν ἢ ἐκείνῳ περὶ τοῦ Διόσ· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 15:2)
- βλέψον πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ὄμμα δὸσ φίλημά τε, ἵν’ ἀλλὰ τοῦτο κατθανοῦσ’ ἔχω σέθεν μνημεῖον, ἢν μὴ τοῖσ ἐμοῖσ πεισθῇσ λόγοισ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode 3:18)
- σκέψαι δ’, ἐὰν μὴ τοῖσ ἐμοῖσ πεισθῇσ λόγοισ, οἱο͂́σ σε χειμὼν καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ἔπεισ’ ἄφυκτοσ · (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 3:6)
- σοί τε γάρ, ἐὰν πεισθῇσ καὶ μηθὲν ἀνήκεστον ἐξεργάσῃ, καθαρὰν καὶ ἀμίαντον ἔχειν συμβήσεται τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ παντὸσ χόλου καὶ ταράγματοσ δαιμονίου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 52 5:1)
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)
