πειθήνιος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- πειθᾱ́νῐος (peithā́nios) — Doric
Etymology
editFrom πείθω (peíthō, “to persuade”) + ἡνία (hēnía, “rein”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /peː.tʰɛ̌ː.ni.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈtʰe̝.ni.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈθi.ni.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈθi.ni.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈθi.ni.os/
Adjective
editπειθήνῐος • (peithḗnios) m or f (neuter πειθήνῐον); second declension
- (of a horse) obedient to the rein
- (in general) obedient, submissive, docile
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πειθήνῐος peithḗnios |
πειθήνῐον peithḗnion |
πειθηνῐ́ω peithēníō |
πειθηνῐ́ω peithēníō |
πειθήνῐοι peithḗnioi |
πειθήνῐᾰ peithḗnia | ||||||||
Genitive | πειθηνῐ́ου peithēníou |
πειθηνῐ́ου peithēníou |
πειθηνῐ́οιν peithēníoin |
πειθηνῐ́οιν peithēníoin |
πειθηνῐ́ων peithēníōn |
πειθηνῐ́ων peithēníōn | ||||||||
Dative | πειθηνῐ́ῳ peithēníōi |
πειθηνῐ́ῳ peithēníōi |
πειθηνῐ́οιν peithēníoin |
πειθηνῐ́οιν peithēníoin |
πειθηνῐ́οις peithēníois |
πειθηνῐ́οις peithēníois | ||||||||
Accusative | πειθήνῐον peithḗnion |
πειθήνῐον peithḗnion |
πειθηνῐ́ω peithēníō |
πειθηνῐ́ω peithēníō |
πειθηνῐ́ους peithēníous |
πειθήνῐᾰ peithḗnia | ||||||||
Vocative | πειθήνῐε peithḗnie |
πειθήνῐον peithḗnion |
πειθηνῐ́ω peithēníō |
πειθηνῐ́ω peithēníō |
πειθήνῐοι peithḗnioi |
πειθήνῐᾰ peithḗnia | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πειθηνῐ́ως peithēníōs |
πειθηνῐώτερος peithēniṓteros |
πειθηνῐώτᾰτος peithēniṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “πειθήνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πειθήνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette