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.
- καὶ παραγενομένων, ἐληλύθει δὲ σὺν αὐτοῖσ καὶ Ιοῦστοσ, ἔλεγον ὑπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν Ιἑροσολυμιτῶν πρεσβεύσων μετὰ τούτων πεπόμφθαι πρὸσ αὐτούσ, πείσων καθαιρεθῆναι τὸν οἶκον τὸν ὑπὸ Ἡρώδου τοῦ τετράρχου κατασκευασθέντα ζῴων μορφὰσ ἔχοντα τῶν νόμων οὕτωσ τι κατασκευάζειν ἀπαγορευόντων, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτοὺσ ἐᾶν ἡμᾶσ ᾗ τάχοσ τοῦτο πράττειν. (Flavius Josephus, 77:1)
- τε σαφῶσ καὶ συντόμωσ πειράσομαι ἐπιστεῖλαί σοι, φίλτατε Πείσων, ἐπειδὴ σὺ τοῦτ’ ἠξίωσασ οὐκ ἀγνοῶν ἣν ἔχω πρὸσ τὸ γράφειν εὐλάβειαν. (Plutarch, De fato, section 0 2:1)
- Πούπιοσ Πείσων ὁ ῥήτωρ μὴ βουλόμενοσ ἐνοχλεῖσθαι προσέταξε τοῖσ οἰκέταισ πρὸσ τὰ ἐρωτώμενα λαλεῖν καὶ μηδὲν πλέον. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 183)
- Πούπιοσ Πείσων ὁ ῥήτωρ μὴ βουλόμενοσ ἐνοχλεῖσθαι προσέταξε τοῖσ οἰκέταισ πρὸσ τὰ ἐρωτώμενα λαλεῖν καὶ μηδὲν πλέον. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 183)
- τοιαῦτα δ’ ἕτερα καὶ Πείσων, ἀνὴρ ὑπατικόσ, εἰσήγγειλε. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 19 1:3)
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)
