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πειθώ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πειθώ πειθόος

Sense

  1. persuasion
  2. means of persuasion, inducement, argument
  3. obedience

Examples

  • 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

  1. persuasion

  2. means of persuasion

  3. obedience

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