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.
- διὰ πασῶν γὰρ ὑμᾶσ πείσω τῶν βασάνων, ὅτι μόνοι παῖδεσ Ἑβραίων ὑπὲρ ἀρετῆσ εἰσιν ἀνίκητοι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:18)
- ὃ δὲ πέπονθα πρὸσ ἅπαντασ, ὅσοι τὰσ αὑτῶν ἐπινοίασ εἰσ τὴν κοινὴν φέρουσιν ὠφέλειαν ἐπανορθοῦντεσ ἡμῶν βίουσ τε καὶ λόγουσ, ἐρῶ σοι, καὶ πείσω γε νὴ Δία, πιστεύων καινὸν οὐδὲν ἐρεῖν οὐδὲ παράδοξον οὐδ’ ὃ μὴ πᾶσιν ὁμοίωσ δοκεῖ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 2:2)
- ἡγοῦμαι γάρ, ἐὰν μὲν πείσω, ἀμφοτέροισ εἶναι κοινὸν τὸν κίνδυνον ὁρῶ δὲ καὶ Ἀργείουσ καὶ Μαντινέασ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχοντασ γνώμην τὴν αὑτῶν οἰκοῦντασ, τοὺσ μὲν ὁμόρουσ ὄντασ Λακεδαιμονίοισ, τοὺσ δ’ ἐγγὺσ οἰκοῦντασ, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν οὐδὲν ἡμῶν πλείουσ, τοὺσ δὲ οὐδὲ τρισχιλίουσ ὄντασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33 5:3)
- ἢν τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ ἐγὼ πείσω λέγων, μεθύοντεσ ἀεὶ πανταχοῖ πρεσβεύσομεν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene16)
- πείσω σφε, καὐτὴ ναὸσ εἰσβήσω σκάφοσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 5:16)
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)
