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.
- ἀποθανοῦσα γὰρ μυῖα τέφρασ ἐπιχυθείσησ ἀνίσταται καὶ παλιγγενεσία τισ αὐτῇ καὶ βίοσ ἄλλοσ ἐξ ὑπαρχῆσ γίνεται, ὡσ ἀκριβῶσ πεπεῖσθαι πάντασ, ὅτι κἀκείνων ἀθάνατόσ ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή, εἴ γε καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα ἐπανέρχεται πάλιν καὶ γνωρίζει καὶ ἐπανίστησι τὸ σῶμα καὶ πέτεσθαι τὴν μυῖαν ποιεῖ, καὶ ἐπαληθεύει τὸν περὶ Ἑρμοτίμου τοῦ Κλαζομενίου μῦθον, ὅτι πολλάκισ ἀφιεῖσα αὐτὸν ἡ ψυχὴ ἀπεδήμει καθ’ ἑαυτήν, εἶτα ἐπανελθοῦσα ἐπλήρου αὖθισ τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀνίστα τὸν Ἑρμότιμον. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 7:3)
- οὐ μὴν αὐτίκα πεπεῖσθαι ἀνάγκη καὶ ὑπό τινοσ προμηθείασ αὐτὰ γίγνεσθαι· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 38:7)
- ὥστ’ ἐμέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικα[σταί, ῥηθ]ήσεται γὰρ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ τἀληθέσ, ταῦ[τα π]επεῖσθαι. (Hyperides, Speeches, 2:2)
- "ἓν γάρ ἐστι τῶν Ἐπικούρου δογμάτων, τὸ μηδὲν ἀμεταπείστωσ πεπεῖσθαι μηδένα πλὴν τὸν σοφόν. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 193)
- ἐκ τούτου τῇ μὲν Παρυσάτιδι φράζει τὸν λόγον ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ, ἐκείνη δὲ βασιλεῖ βασιλεὺσ δὲ ἠγανάκτησεν ὥσπερ ἐξελεγχόμενοσ καὶ τὸ κάλλιστον καὶ ἥδιστον ἀπολλύων τῆσ νίκησ, ἐβούλετο γὰρ βαρβάρουσ ἅπαντασ πεπεῖσθαι καὶ Ἕλληνασ ὡσ ἐν ταῖσ ἐξελάσεσι καὶ συμπλοκαῖσ δοὺσ καὶ λαβὼν πληγήν ἐτρώθη μὲν αὐτόσ, ἔκτεινε δὲ ἐκεῖνον, ἐκέλευσεν οὖν τὸν Μιθριδάτην ἀποθανεῖν σκαφευθέντα. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 16 1:1)
Synonyms
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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)
