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.
- ὦ γενναῖε, μὴ Ῥητορικῶσ ἡμῶν κατάτρεχε χωρὶσ ἀποδείξεωσ, ἀλλ’ εἰπέ τινα κατηγορίαν τοῦ δόγματοσ, ἵν’ ἢ πεισθῶμέν σοι ὡσ καλῶσ ἐξέλεγχοντι τὸν παλαιὸν λόγον ἢ μεταπείσωμεν ὡσ ἀγνοοῦντα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 168)
- "πῶσ, ὦ Πομπήϊε, καὶ τίνι τεκμηρίῳ πεισθῶμεν ὅτι βέλτιον ἂν σὺ τῇ τύχῃ Καίσαροσ ἐχρήσω κρατήσασ ; (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 75 4:2)
- ἐὰν δὲ δὴ καὶ πεισθῶμεν ὑμῖν ἀφεῖναι τὰσ ὀργάσ, τίνα δώσετε πίστιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μηδὲν ἔτι ποιήσειν ἐχθρῶν ἔργον; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 14, chapter 13 3:2)
- εἰ δ’ οὐκ ἀνιᾶσιν οἱ καθ’ ὑμῶν τῷ Μακεδόνι ὑπηρέται προστάττοντεσ πράττειν τὰ ἐν ταῖσ κοιναῖσ ὁμολογίαισ, πεισθῶμεν αὐτοῖσ, ἐπειδὴ τὰ δίκαια λέγουσι, καί, καθάπερ κελεύει ὁ ὁρ́κοσ, ἐκσπόνδουσ αὐτοὺσ ποιήσαντεσ βουλευσώμεθα πῶσ δεῖ χρῆσθαι τοῖσ δεσποτικῶσ καὶ ἀσελγῶσ διακειμένοισ καὶ διὰ τέλουσ τὰ μὲν ἐπιβουλεύουσι, τὰ δ’ ἐπιτάττουσι, καὶ καταγελῶσι τῆσ κοινῆσ εἰρήνησ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 22:3)
- μή τι χεῖρον ἀπαλλάξεισ, ἂν πάντεσ οἱ ἄλλοι πεισθῶμεν, ὅτι φυσική ἐστιν ἡμῖν κοινωνία πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ καὶ ταύτην δεῖ παντὶ τρόπῳ φυλάσσειν; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 8:3)
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)
