See also: πειθώ

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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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

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to persuade, convince, induce

Conjugation

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From stem πειθ- (also πεισ-) [1]

From stem πιθ- (also πισ-) [1]

From stem ποιθ-

References

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