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.
- πολλὰ δὲ αὐτοῦ παραινέσαντοσ ἐπεδέξατο πείσειν τὸν υἱόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:26)
- ἔπεισε συλλύσεσθαι ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ δικαίοισ, καὶ διότι καὶ τὸν βασιλέα πείσειν φίλον αὐτοῖσ ἀναγκάζειν γενέσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:14)
- τῶν δὲ εἰπόντων μὴ καθήκειν γίνεσθαι τοῦτο, διὰ τὸ μηδὲ τοῖσ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνουσ ἐξεῖναι εἰσιέναι, μηδὲ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἱερεῦσιν, ἀλλ’ ἢ μόνῳ τῷ προηγουμένῳ πάντων ἀρχιερεῖ, καὶ τούτῳ ἅπαξ κατ’ ἐνιαυτόν, οὐδαμῶσ ἠβούλετο πείθεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:11)
- ἐν γὰρ τοῖσ ἔργοισ αὐτοῦ ἀναστρεφόμενοι διερευνῶσι καὶ πείθονται τῇ ὄψει, ὅτι καλὰ τὰ βλεπόμενα. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:7)
- ἀλλὰ πάσασ τὰσ ἑαυτοῦ ἀπειλὰσ καὶ τιμωρίασ ἑώρα καταλυομένασ, ὥστε καὶ γυναῖκασ, ὅτι περιέτεμον τὰ παιδία, μετὰ τῶν βρεφῶν κατακρημνισθῆναι προειδυίασ ὅτι τοῦτο πείσονται. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 4:25)
- καὶ στέφοσ ἀσκήσασα γαμήλιον ἤλυθε Πειθώ, τοξευτῆροσ Ἔρωτοσ ἐλαφρίζουσα φαρέτρην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 113)
- καὶ πάντα ταῦτα μετὰ Χαρίτων καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ αὐτῆσ ἔπραττέν τε καὶ ἔλεγεν, ὡσ ἀεί, τὸ κωμικὸν ἐκεῖνο, τὴν πειθὼ τοῖσ χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐπικαθῆσθαι. (Lucian, (no name) 10:3)
- ἡδονὴν δὲ καὶ πειθὼ καὶ τέρψιν καὶ τὰσ ὁμοιογενεῖσ ἀρετὰσ εἰσφέρεται μακρῷ Θουκυδίδου κρείττονασ Ἡρόδοτοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 19:2)
- ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ Χάριτέσ τε θεαὶ καὶ πότνια Πειθὼ ὁρ́μουσ χρυσείουσ ἔθεσαν χροί̈· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 11:5)
- ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολελόγημαι ὑμῖν, ἀληθῆ καὶ δίκαια καὶ ἐπαίνου μᾶλλον, ὡσ ἐμαυτὸν πείθω, ἢ μίσουσ ἄξια. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 11:1)
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)
