πειθώ

Appellative of Πειθώ (Peithṓ), from πείθω (peíthō, “I persuade”).

πειθώ • (peithṓ) f (genitive πειθόος or πειθοῦς); third declension

1. persuasion
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 173:

     καί μ’ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει

     kaí m’ oúti meliglṓssois peithoûs epaoidaîsin thélxei

     Not by persuasion's honeyed enchantments will he charm me

   • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 453a:

     λέγεις ὅτι πειθοῦς δημιουργός ἐστιν ἡ ῥητορική

     légeis hóti peithoûs dēmiourgós estin hē rhētorikḗ

     you say that rhetoric is a producer of persuasion

   1. means of persuasion, inducement, argument
      • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 104:

        πειθὼ γὰρ εἶχον τήνδε πρὸς δάμαρτ’ ἐμήν

        peithṑ gàr eîkhon tḗnde pròs dámart’ emḗn

        Yes, this was the inducement I offered my wife.

2. obedience
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.3.19:

     ταῦτα δ’ ἀγασθεὶς ὁ Κῦρος, τοῦ μὲν ταξιάρχου τὴν ἐπίνοιαν, τῶν δὲ τὴν πειθώ

     taûta d’ agastheìs ho Kûros, toû mèn taxiárkhou tḕn epínoian, tôn dè tḕn peithṓ

     In this Cyrus admired both the captain's cleverness and the men's obedience

• “πειθώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conciliation idem, page 155.
  • conviction idem, page 173.
  • eloquence idem, page 265.
  • inducement idem, page 434.
  • persuasion idem, page 608.
  • propaganda idem, page 653.
  • suasion idem, page 830.
  • undue idem, page 915.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πειθώ (peithṓ).

• IPA^(key): /piˈθo/
• Hyphenation: πει‧θώ

πειθώ • (peithó) f (uncountable)

1. persuasion (the act of persuading)
2. persuasion, persuasiveness (one's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings)

   Synonym: πειστικότητα f (peistikótita)

• see: πείθω (peítho)