πείθω

See also: πειθώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πίθημῐ (píthēmi) Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Cognates include Latin fīdō and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną, from which Old English bīdan (English bide).

Stems πειθ-, πιθ- with vowel shift,[1] and ποιθ- (poith-) with ablaut.[2] Derivatives from all stems, with π(ε)ιθ-τ- > π(ε)ιστ-, πειθ-μ- > πεισμ-.[3]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πείθω (peíthō)

  1. (active)
    1. I convince, persuade
    2. I succeed through entreaty
    3. I mislead
      1. I bribe
      2. I tempt
        • 320 CE – 400 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 2.58.84
  2. (in the mediopassive, πείθομαι, and Epic future, πῐθήσω, with dative)
    1. I obey, yield to
    2. I believe, trust in
  3. (second perfect active, πέποιθᾰ, with passive sense) I trust, rely on (with dative of person or thing)
  4. (perfect passive, πέπεισμαι, post-Epic) I believe, trust (with dative)

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. vowel shift: in Greek: μετάπτωσις (metáptōsis)
  2. ablaut, apophony: in Greek: ἑταιροίωσις (hetairoíōsis)
  3. Dental (θ) before dental (τ) or /m/ becomes /s/.

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiθo/
  • Hyphenation: πεί‧θω
  • Homophone: πίθο (pítho) (accusative sing. of masc. noun "ο πίθος")

Verb

πείθω (peítho) active (simple past έπεισα, passive πείθομαι)

  1. persuade, convince, induce

Conjugation

From stem πειθ- (also πεισ-)[1]

From stem πιθ- (also πισ-)[1]

From stem ποιθ-

References

  1. 1 2 Dental (θ) before dental (τ) or /m/ becomes /s/.
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