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πιθανός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πιθανός

Structure: πιθαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pei/qw

Sense

  1. persuasive, influential, winning
  2. plausible, credible
  3. (art) true to nature, natural
  4. easy to persuade, credulous
  5. obedient, docile

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ πάντων ἀτοπώτατον, ὅτι περὶ τῶν ἐναντιωτάτων ἕκαστοσ αὐτῶν λέγων σφόδρα νικῶντασ καὶ πιθανοὺσ λόγουσ ἐπορίζετο, ὥστε μήτε τῷ θερμὸν τὸ αὐτὸ πρᾶγμα λέγοντι μήτε ψυτῷ χρὸν ἀντιλέγειν ἔχειν, καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰδότα σαφῶσ ὡσ οὐκ ἄν ποτε θερμὸν εἰή τι καὶ ψυχρὸν ἐν ταὐτῷ χρόνῳ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 4:9)
  • μάλιστα δὲ τοῦτο δεῖ ποιεῖν ἐν ταῖσ τραγῳδίαισ, ὅσαι λόγουσ ἔχουσι πιθανοὺσ καὶ πανούργουσ ἐν πράξεσιν ἀδόξοισ καὶ πονηραῖσ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 8 40:2)
  • καὶ τότε μέν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ὅτ’ ἐβούλετο τὰ χρήματα λαβεῖν παρ’ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀδελφὸσ ἔφη εἶναι καὶ κοινωνὸσ τοῦ Ἀρτέμωνοσ, καὶ λόγουσ θαυμασίωσ ὡσ πιθανοὺσ ἔλεγεν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 25:3)
  • τοὺσ μὲν γὰρ πιθανούσ, τοὺσ δ’ ἐπιδεικτικοὺσ εἶναι προσήκει. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 3:4)
  • εἴρηνται δὲ καὶ ἄλλοισ τισὶ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν οὐ κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχοντεσ λόγοι, οὓσ ἧττον ἔγωγε τούτου πιθανοὺσ εἶναι νομίζω. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 48 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. true to nature

  2. easy to persuade

  3. obedient

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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