πιθανός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of πείθω (peíthō, “I persuade”) + -νος (-nos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pi.tʰa.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pi.tʰaˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi.θaˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi.θaˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.θaˈnos/
Adjective
πῐθᾰνός • (pĭthănós) m (feminine πῐθᾰνή, neuter πῐθᾰνόν); first/second declension
- persuasive, influential, winning
- Synonym: πειθός (peithós)
- plausible, credible
- (art) true to nature, natural
- easy to persuade, credulous
- obedient, docile
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πῐθᾰνός pĭthănós |
πῐθᾰνή pĭthănḗ |
πῐθᾰνόν pĭthănón |
πῐθᾰνώ pĭthănṓ |
πῐθᾰνᾱ́ pĭthănā́ |
πῐθᾰνώ pĭthănṓ |
πῐθᾰνοί pĭthănoí |
πῐθᾰναί pĭthănaí |
πῐθᾰνᾰ́ pĭthănắ | |||||
| Genitive | πῐθᾰνοῦ pĭthănoû |
πῐθᾰνῆς pĭthănês |
πῐθᾰνοῦ pĭthănoû |
πῐθᾰνοῖν pĭthănoîn |
πῐθᾰναῖν pĭthănaîn |
πῐθᾰνοῖν pĭthănoîn |
πῐθᾰνῶν pĭthănôn |
πῐθᾰνῶν pĭthănôn |
πῐθᾰνῶν pĭthănôn | |||||
| Dative | πῐθᾰνῷ pĭthănōî |
πῐθᾰνῇ pĭthănēî |
πῐθᾰνῷ pĭthănōî |
πῐθᾰνοῖν pĭthănoîn |
πῐθᾰναῖν pĭthănaîn |
πῐθᾰνοῖν pĭthănoîn |
πῐθᾰνοῖς pĭthănoîs |
πῐθᾰναῖς pĭthănaîs |
πῐθᾰνοῖς pĭthănoîs | |||||
| Accusative | πῐθᾰνόν pĭthănón |
πῐθᾰνήν pĭthănḗn |
πῐθᾰνόν pĭthănón |
πῐθᾰνώ pĭthănṓ |
πῐθᾰνᾱ́ pĭthănā́ |
πῐθᾰνώ pĭthănṓ |
πῐθᾰνούς pĭthănoús |
πῐθᾰνᾱ́ς pĭthănā́s |
πῐθᾰνᾰ́ pĭthănắ | |||||
| Vocative | πῐθᾰνέ pĭthăné |
πῐθᾰνή pĭthănḗ |
πῐθᾰνόν pĭthănón |
πῐθᾰνώ pĭthănṓ |
πῐθᾰνᾱ́ pĭthănā́ |
πῐθᾰνώ pĭthănṓ |
πῐθᾰνοί pĭthănoí |
πῐθᾰναί pĭthănaí |
πῐθᾰνᾰ́ pĭthănắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πῐθᾰνῶς pĭthănôs |
πῐθᾰνώτερος pĭthănṓteros |
πῐθᾰνώτᾰτος pĭthănṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πιθανότης (pithanótēs)
Descendants
- Greek: πιθανός (pithanós)
Further reading
- “πιθανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πιθανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πιθανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cogent idem, page 142.
- convincing idem, page 173.
- eloquent idem, page 265.
- forcible idem, page 335.
- influential idem, page 439.
- persuasive idem, page 608.
- powerful idem, page 630.
- telling idem, page 859.
- valid idem, page 943.
- winning idem, page 982.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek πιθανός (pithanós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.θaˈnos/
- Hyphenation: πι‧θα‧νός
- Homophone: πιθανώς (pithanós)
Adjective
πιθανός • (pithanós) m (feminine πιθανή, neuter πιθανό)
- likely, possible, potential, probable
- Είναι πιθανός ο πυρηνικός πόλεμος Ινδίας – Πακιστάν.
- Eínai pithanós o pyrinikós pólemos Indías – Pakistán.
- Nuclear war between India and Pakistan is a real possibility.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | πιθανός (pithanós) | πιθανή (pithaní) | πιθανό (pithanó) | πιθανοί (pithanoí) | πιθανές (pithanés) | πιθανά (pithaná) | |
| genitive | πιθανού (pithanoú) | πιθανής (pithanís) | πιθανού (pithanoú) | πιθανών (pithanón) | πιθανών (pithanón) | πιθανών (pithanón) | |
| accusative | πιθανό (pithanó) | πιθανή (pithaní) | πιθανό (pithanó) | πιθανούς (pithanoús) | πιθανές (pithanés) | πιθανά (pithaná) | |
| vocative | πιθανέ (pithané) | πιθανή (pithaní) | πιθανό (pithanó) | πιθανοί (pithanoí) | πιθανές (pithanés) | πιθανά (pithaná) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πιθανός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πιθανός, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο πιθανότερος", etc)
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Antonyms
- απίθανος (apíthanos)
Derived terms
- πιθανότατα (pithanótata, adverb)
Related terms
- πιθανόν (pithanón, adverb)
- πιθανότητα f (pithanótita)
- πιθανώς (pithanós, adverb)
See also
- ενδεχόμενος (endechómenos, “possible, conceivable”)
Further reading
- πιθανός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language