See also: πειθώ

Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Hellenic *péitʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Cognates include Latin fīdō, Albanian be and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną, from which Old English bīdan (English bide).

Stems πειθ-, πιθ- with vowel shift,[1] and ποιθ- (poith-) with ablaut.[2] Derivatives from all stems, with π(ε)ιθ-τ- > π(ε)ιστ-, πειθ-μ- > πεισμ-.[3]

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

πείθω (peíthō)

  1. (active voice)
    1. to convince, persuade
    2. to succeed through entreaty
    3. to mislead
      1. to bribe
      2. to tempt
  2. (mediopassive, πείθομαι, and Epic future, πῐθήσω, with dative)
    1. to obey, yield to
    2. to believe, trust in
  3. (second perfect active, πέποιθᾰ, with passive sense) to trust, rely on (with dative of person or thing)
  4. (perfect passive, πέπεισμαι, post-Epic) to believe, trust (with dative)

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  1. ^ vowel shift: in Greek: μετάπτωσις (metáptōsis)
  2. ^ ablaut, apophony: in Greek: ἑταιροίωσις (hetairoíōsis)
  3. ^ Dental (θ) before dental (τ) or /m/ becomes /s/.

Further reading edit

Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

πείθω (peítho) active (past έπεισα, passive πείθομαι)

  1. to persuade, convince, induce

Conjugation edit

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From stem πειθ- (also πεισ-) [1]

From stem πιθ- (also πισ-) [1]

From stem ποιθ-

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dental (θ) before dental (τ) or /m/ becomes /s/.