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.
- πολλὰ γὰρ παρὰ τοὺσ ἐθισμοὺσ καὶ τὴν φύσιν πράττουσι διὰ τὸν λόγον, ἐὰν πεισθῶσιν ἄλλωσ ἔχειν βέλτιον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 218:3)
- ἵν’ ἐὰν μὲν δέξωνται ταῦτα καὶ πεισθῶσιν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἃ βουλόμεθ’ ὦμεν διῳκημένοι καὶ μετὰ προσχήματοσ ἀξίου τῆσ πόλεωσ ταῦτα πράξωμεν, ἂν δ’ ἄρα μὴ συμβῇ κατατυχεῖν, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν αὑτοῖσ ἐγκαλῶσιν ἄν τι νῦν ἐξαμαρτάνωσιν, ἡμῖν δὲ μηδὲν αἰσχρὸν μηδὲ ταπεινὸν ᾖ πεπραγμένον. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 265:5)
- ἐὰν οὖν πεισθῶσιν ὅτι καὶ ταύτην ἡγοῦμαι πατρίδα, καὶ πράττειν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆσ ὅ,τι ἂν δύνωμαι πρόθυμόσ εἰμι, ῥᾳδίωσ μεταβαλοῦνται καὶ ἀγαπήσουσί με τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὁμοίωσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 5:5)
- οὐκοῦν ὅταν δικαίωσ πεισθῶσιν δικασταὶ περὶ ὧν ἰδόντι μόνον ἔστιν εἰδέναι, ἄλλωσ δὲ μή, ταῦτα τότε ἐξ ἀκοῆσ κρίνοντεσ, ἀληθῆ δόξαν λαβόντεσ, ἄνευ ἐπιστήμησ ἔκριναν, ὀρθὰ πεισθέντεσ, εἴπερ εὖ ἐδίκασαν; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 358:4)
- ὅταν δὲ παραδῶσιν αὑτούσ, καὶ τὰ ὅπλα παρελώμεθα, καὶ τὰ σώματα ἐφ’ ἡμῖν γένηται, καὶ πεισθῶσιν ὅτι μηδὲν αὐτοῖσ ἐστὶν ἴδιον, τὰ μὲν φρονήματα αὐτῶν καταβήσεται, ἀγαπήσουσι δ’ ὅ τι ἂν παρ’ ἡμῶν λάβωσιν ὡσ ἀλλότριον. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 10:17)
Synonyms
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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)
