πειθός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Can be identified with Latin fīdus, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /peː.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈθos/
Adjective
πειθός • (peithós) m (feminine πειθή, neuter πειθόν); first/second declension
- persuasive
- Synonym: πιθανός (pithanós)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πειθός peithós |
πειθή peithḗ |
πειθόν peithón |
πειθώ peithṓ |
πειθᾱ́ peithā́ |
πειθώ peithṓ |
πειθοί peithoí |
πειθαί peithaí |
πειθᾰ́ peithắ | |||||
| Genitive | πειθοῦ peithoû |
πειθῆς peithês |
πειθοῦ peithoû |
πειθοῖν peithoîn |
πειθαῖν peithaîn |
πειθοῖν peithoîn |
πειθῶν peithôn |
πειθῶν peithôn |
πειθῶν peithôn | |||||
| Dative | πειθῷ peithōî |
πειθῇ peithēî |
πειθῷ peithōî |
πειθοῖν peithoîn |
πειθαῖν peithaîn |
πειθοῖν peithoîn |
πειθοῖς peithoîs |
πειθαῖς peithaîs |
πειθοῖς peithoîs | |||||
| Accusative | πειθόν peithón |
πειθήν peithḗn |
πειθόν peithón |
πειθώ peithṓ |
πειθᾱ́ peithā́ |
πειθώ peithṓ |
πειθούς peithoús |
πειθᾱ́ς peithā́s |
πειθᾰ́ peithắ | |||||
| Vocative | πειθέ peithé |
πειθή peithḗ |
πειθόν peithón |
πειθώ peithṓ |
πειθᾱ́ peithā́ |
πειθώ peithṓ |
πειθοί peithoí |
πειθαί peithaí |
πειθᾰ́ peithắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πειθῶς peithôs |
πειθότερος peithóteros |
πειθότᾰτος peithótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πειθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πειθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πειθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- G3981 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible