πείθω

See also: πειθώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *péitʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Cognates include Latin fīdō, Albanian be 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 voice)
    1. to convince, persuade
    2. to succeed through entreaty
    3. to mislead
      1. to bribe
      2. to tempt
        • 320 CE – 403 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 2.58.84
  2. (mediopassive, πείθομαι, and Epic future, πῐθήσω, with dative)
    1. to obey, yield to
    2. to believe, trust in
  3. (second perfect active, πέποιθᾰ, with passive sense) to trust, rely on (with dative of person or thing)
  4. (perfect passive, πέπεισμαι, post-Epic) to believe, trust (with dative)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰπείθω (anăpeíthō)
  • ἄπειστος (ápeistos)
  • δῐᾰπείθω (dĭăpeíthō)
  • δυσπειθής (duspeithḗs)
  • ἐκπείθω (ekpeíthō)
  • ἐπῐπείθομαι (epĭpeíthomai)
  • εὐπειθής (eupeithḗs)
  • κᾰτᾰπείθω (kătăpeíthō)
  • μετᾰπείθω (metăpeíthō)
  • πᾰρᾰπείθω (părăpeíthō)
  • Πειθαγόρας (Peithagóras)
  • πειθᾰνάγκη (peithănánkē)
  • πειθαναλογία (peithanalogía)
  • πειθαρχέω (peitharkhéō)
  • πείθαρχος (peítharkhos)
  • πειθήνιος (peithḗnios)
  • πειθοδῐκαιόσῠνος (peithodĭkaiósŭnos)
  • πειθώ (peithṓ)
  • Πείσανδρος (Peísandros)
  • πεῖσῐς (peîsĭs)
  • πεῖσμᾰ (peîsmă)
  • πειστέον (peistéon)
  • πειστήρ (peistḗr)
  • πειστήρῐον (peistḗrĭon)
  • πειστῐκός (peistĭkós)
  • προπείθω (propeíthō)
  • σῠμπείθω (sŭmpeíthō)
  • ὑπερπείθομαι (huperpeíthomai)
  • ὑποπείθω (hupopeíthō)

Descendants

  • Greek: πείθω (peítho)

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

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.θo/ - compare to πειθώ (peithó)
  • Hyphenation: πεί‧θω
  • Homophone: πίθο (pítho) (accusative sing. of masc. noun "ο πίθος")

Verb

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

  1. to persuade, convince, induce (in 1st person singular present)

Conjugation

From stem πειθ- (also πεισ-) [1]

From stem πιθ- (also πισ-) [1]

From stem ποιθ-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dental (θ) before dental (τ) or /m/ becomes /s/.