πειθώ
See also: πείθω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Appellative of Πειθώ (Peithṓ), from πείθω (peíthō, “I persuade”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /peː.tʰɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈtʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈθo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈθo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈθo/
Noun
πειθώ • (peithṓ) f (genitive πειθόος or πειθοῦς); third declension
- persuasion
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 173
- καί μ᾽ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει
- kaí m᾽ oúti meliglṓssois peithoûs epaoidaîsin thélxei
- Not by persuasion's honeyed enchantments will he charm me
- kaí m᾽ oúti meliglṓssois peithoûs epaoidaîsin thélxei
- καί μ᾽ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει
- means of persuasion, inducement, argument
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 104
- πειθὼ γὰρ εἶχον τήνδε πρὸς δάμαρτ᾽ ἐμήν
- peithṑ gàr eîkhon tḗnde pròs dámart᾽ emḗn
- Yes, this was the inducement I offered my wife.
- peithṑ gàr eîkhon tḗnde pròs dámart᾽ emḗn
- πειθὼ γὰρ εἶχον τήνδε πρὸς δάμαρτ᾽ ἐμήν
- obedience
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.3.19.In this Cyrus admired both the captain's cleverness and the men's obedience
- ταῦτα δ᾽ ἀγασθεὶς ὁ Κῦρος, τοῦ μὲν ταξιάρχου τὴν ἐπίνοιαν, τῶν δὲ τὴν πειθώ
- taûta d᾽ agastheìs ho Kûros, toû mèn taxiárkhou tḕn epínoian, tôn dè tḕn peithṓ
- ταῦτα δ᾽ ἀγασθεὶς ὁ Κῦρος, τοῦ μὲν ταξιάρχου τὴν ἐπίνοιαν, τῶν δὲ τὴν πειθώ
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πειθώ hē peithṓ | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πειθόος / πειθοῦς tês peithóos / peithoûs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πειθοῖ têi peithoî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πειθώ tḕn peithṓ | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πειθοῖ peithoî | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- πειθώ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conciliation idem, page 155.
- conviction idem, page 173.
- eloquence idem, page 265.
- inducement idem, page 434.
- persuasion idem, page 608.
- propaganda idem, page 653.
- suasion idem, page 830.
- undue idem, page 915.
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