Πειθώ
persuasion
Translated by David Whitehead8 Mar 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] persuasiveness.
"There is no other shrine of persuasion, except speech".1
"There is no other shrine of persuasion, except speech".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πειθώ· ἡ πεισμονή. οὐκ ἔστι πειθοῦς ἱερὸν ἄλλο, πλὴν λόγος.
Betacode
*peiqw/: h( peismonh/. ou)k e)/sti peiqou=s i(ero\n a)/llo, plh\n lo/gos.
Notes (1)
- cf. kappa 1506, pi 1436, pi 1472 (and chi 123 for P. as one of the three Graces).
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 1391 (quoting a line from Euripides' lost Antigone). See web address 1. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π1443Πειθοῖto persuasion, to persuasiveness"Having been both subjected to persuasion and out-generalled by the trickery of the speeches, they conceded to him that the stream might be crossed." "But Ambrosius having been trained both in Hellenic persuasion and in…
- π1472Πεῖσινsuasion[Meaning] persuasion. The nominative [is] peisis.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Dec 2016
- tweaked translation following a suggestion from Brady Kiesling — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- added link, raised status — Catharine Roth
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead