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.
- ἄπελθε εἰσ τὴν Μηδίαν, τέκνον, ὅτι πέπεισμαι ὅσα ἐλάλησεν Ἰωνᾶσ ὁ προφήτησ περὶ Νινευῆ, ὅτι καταστραφήσεται, ἐν δὲ τῇ Μηδίᾳ ἔσται εἰρήνη μᾶλλον ἕωσ καιροῦ, καὶ ὅτι οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ σκορπισθήσονται ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀγαθῆσ γῆσ, καὶ Ἱεροσόλυμα ἔσται ἔρημοσ, καὶ ὁ οἶκοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ κατακαήσεται καὶ ἔρημοσ ἔσται μέχρι χρόνου. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 14:4)
- πέπεισμαι γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐπιεικῶσ καὶ φιλανθρώπωσ παρακολουθοῦντα τῇ ἐμῇ προαιρέσει συμπεριενεχθήσεσθαι ὑμῖν». (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 9:27)
- ὃ δὴ καὶ νῦν πέπεισμαι τούτοισ παρακολουθήσειν ὑμῶν ἀκούειν προαιρουμένων μετ’ εὐνοίασ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 6:6)
- ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τούτοισ πείθομαι καὶ ἤδη πέπεισμαι καὶ ἐσ τὸν οἶκον ἐπὶ λόγοισ παρελήλυθα ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ἰύγγοσ ἢ Σειρῆνοσ τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενοσ, ἐλπίδα οὐ μικρὰν ἔχων, εἰ καὶ τέωσ ἡμῖν ἄμορφοι ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι, καλοὺσ αὐτοὺσ φανεῖσθαι καθάπερ ἐσθῆτι καλῇ κεκοσμημένουσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 13:2)
- συμβόλοισι γὰρ τοῖσ σοῖσ πέπεισμαι θυμόν. (Euripides, episode 3:37)
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)
