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.
- Ἠλέκτ^ου πτέρι καὶ ὑμᾶσ δηλαδὴ ὁ μῦθοσ πέπεικεν, αἰγείρουσ ἐπὶ τῷ Ἠριδανῷ ποταμῷ δακρύειν αὐτὸ θρηνούσασ τὸν Φαέθοντα, καὶ ἀδελφάσ γε εἶναι τὰσ αἰγείρουσ ἐκείνασ τοῦ Φαέθοντοσ, εἶτα ὀδυρομένασ τὸ μειράκιον ἀλλαγῆναι ἐσ τὰ δένδρα, καὶ ἀποστάζειν ἔτι αὐτῶν δάκρυον δῆθεν τὸ ἤλεκτρον. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 1:1)
- καὶ ὅμωσ αὐτοσχέδια ὄντα οὕτω τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ πέπεικεν, ὥστε οὐδεὶσ ἡμῖν οὐδὲ θύειν βούλεται, εἰδὼσ ὅτι, κἂν μυρίασ ἑκατόμβασ παραστήσῃ, ὅμωσ τὴν τύχην πράξουσαν τὰ μεμοιραμένα καὶ ἃ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἑκάστῳ ἐπεκλώσθη. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:4)
- πολιτείαν οὐδένα πέπεικεν αὐτῇ χρῆσθαι διὰ τὸ αὐστηρὸν Ἀλέξανδροσ δ’ ὑπὲρ ἑβδομήκοντα πόλεισ βαρβάροισ ἔθνεσιν ἐγκτίσασ καὶ κατασπείρασ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἑλληνικοῖσ τέλεσι, τῆσ ἀνημέρου καὶ θηριώδουσ ἐκράτησε διαίτησ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 5 8:2)
- Πλάτων μὲν γὰρ μίαν γράψασ πολιτείαν οὐδένα πέπεικεν αὐτῇ χρῆσθαι διὰ τὸ αὐστηρόν· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 5 2:5)
- περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτων, ὅπωσ ἕκαστοσ αὐτὸσ ἑαυτὸν πέπεικεν, οὕτωσ ὑπολαμβανέτω· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 161)
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)
