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.
- λοιπὸν οὖν δὴ ἐκεῖνο, πεπεισμένον ὑπὸ τῶν κολάκων ὡσ οὐ μόνον καλὸσ εἶ καὶ ἐράσμιοσ ἀλλὰ σοφὸσ καὶ ῥήτωρ καὶ συγγραφεὺσ οἱο͂σ οὐδ’ ἕτεροσ, ὠνεῖσθαι τὰ βιβλία, ὡσ ἀληθεύοισ τοὺσ ἐπαίνουσ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 20:1)
- Σοφίαν καὶ ἀνδρείαν καὶ τὸ καλὸν αὐτὸ καὶ τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ πάντα ἐπίστασθαι βεβαίωσ πεπεισμένον ᾗ ἕκαστα ἔχει· (Lucian, 15:10)
- "καὶ πεπεισμένον ἐλέγχειν ἑτέρουσ αὐτόγραφον ἐξενεγκεῖν ἀμαθίασ ἔλεγχον καθ’ αὑτοῦ καὶ θρασύτητοσ, ὁμολογεῖν Πλάτωνι φάσκοντα τοὺσ διαφερομένουσ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν τοὺσ ἀντιλέγοντασ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 149)
- τὸν δὲ Ἀριστόμαχον ἐν Κεγχρεαῖσ στρεβλώσαντεσ κατεπόντισαν, ἐφ’ ᾧ καὶ μάλιστα κακῶσ ἤκουσεν ὁ Ἄρατοσ, ὡσ ἄνθρωπον οὐ πονηρόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κεχρημένον ἐκείνῳ καὶ πεπεισμένον ἀφεῖναι τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ προσαγαγεῖν τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ τὴν πόλιν, ὅμωσ περιιδὼν παρανόμωσ ἀπολλύμενον. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 44 4:1)
- ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Παρμενίων ἔπεμψεν ἐπιστολὴν ἀπὸ στρατοπέδου, διακελευόμενοσ αὐτῷ φυλάξασθαι τὸν Φίλιππον ὡσ ὑπὸ Δαρείου πεπεισμένον ἐπὶ δωρεαῖσ μεγάλαισ καὶ γάμῳ θυγατρὸσ ἀνελεῖν Ἀλέξανδρον. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 19 3:1)
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)
