Πείθω

I persuade

Translated by Catharine Roth18 May 2004Vetting: high6 revisions

6 notes · 49 words
The [verb that means] I convince.
[Used] with an accusative.1 "Gifts persuade even gods."2 And, "are we persuading you with these words (or do you need others?)"3
But pei/qomai ["I obey"] [is used] with a dative:4 "I thought it was necessary to obey our decisions."5 And, "obey your leaders."6

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πείθω· τὸ καταπείθω. αἰτιατικῇ. πείθει δῶρα καὶ θεούς. καί, ἆρα πείθομεν ὑμᾶς τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις, ἢ ἑτέρων δεήσεσθε; Πείθομαι δὲ δοτικῇ· ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι ἡγούμην πείθεσθαι τοῖς ἡμετέροις βουλεύμασι. καί, πείθεσθε τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ὑμῶν.

Betacode
*pei/qw: to\ katapei/qw. ai)tiatikh=|. pei/qei dw=ra kai\ qeou/s. kai/, a)=ra pei/qomen u(ma=s toi=s lo/gois tou/tois, h)\ e(te/rwn deh/sesqe; *pei/qomai de\ dotikh=|: a)nagkai=on ei)=nai h(gou/mhn pei/qesqai toi=s h(mete/rois bouleu/masi. kai/, pei/qesqe toi=s h(goume/nois u(mw=n.

Notes (6)

  1. (Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms F.)
    For the verb pei/qw, cf. pi 998, pi 999.
  2. 1Active voice. ↩
  3. 2Euripides, Medea 964 (web address 1): pei/qein dw=ra kai\ qeou\s lo/gos. ↩
  4. 3The quotation is unidentifiable; however, its first clause appears twice in the orations of Gregory of Nazianzus (PG 36.357, PG 36.488), and it is possible that the Suda's second clause simply expands on that. ↩
  5. 4Middle voice. ↩
  6. 5At Lexica Segueriana 164.21-23 this is said to come 'from the [speech] against Aristokrates', i.e. Demosthenes 23; but it does not, and its actual source is unidentifiable. ↩
  7. 6Epistle to the Hebrews 13:17. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π1438Πειθαναλογίαspecial pleadingπ1439καταπειθήςcompliant, responsive, obeying the reinsπ1440ΠείθωI persuadeπ1441Πειθώpersuasionπ1442ΠείθωνοςPeithon's; ape's
Revision history6 revisions · last 13 Apr 2014
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. fixed link, raised status — Catharine Roth
  5. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  6. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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