Πεῖσιν

suasion

Translated by David Whitehead9 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words
[Meaning] persuasion. The nominative [is] peisis.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πεῖσιν· τὴν πειθώ. ἡ εὐθεῖα ἡ πεῖσις.

Betacode
*pei=sin: th\n peiqw/. h( eu)qei=a h( pei=sis.

Notes

  1. Accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere. This is sense II in LSJ s.v.
    For the (commonplace) glossing word, see pi 1441.

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Neighbouring entries

π1470ΠεισίαςPeisias, Pisiasπ1471ΠεισιθάνατοςAdvocate of Deathπ1472Πεῖσινsuasionπ1473ΠεισιόνηPeisioneπ1474ΠεισίστρατοςPeisistratos, Pisistratus
Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded notes — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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