πείθω

πείθω,
persuade, imperfect ἔπειθον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πεῖθον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πείσω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive πεισέμεν [Refs]: aorist 1 ἔπεισα [Refs 8th c.BC+] has only optative πείσειε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect participle πείσαις [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἔπῐθον [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in Epic dialect reduplicate forms πεπίθωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπεικα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle and passive πείθομαι, obey, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: future πείσομαι[Refs], etc.: aorist 2 ἐπῐθόμην, Epic dialect πιθόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive πίθωμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive πιθέσθαι [Refs]; participle πιθόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 middle ἐπεισάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+] W.: future passive πεισθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐπείσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπεισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Thess. perfect infinitive πεπεῖστειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II intransitive tenses of active, in passive sense, perfect 2 πέποιθα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive πεποίθῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural πεποίθομεν (for-ωμεν) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεποίθειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπεποίθεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πεποίθεα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἐπέπιθμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 participle πιθών ={πιθόμενος}, [Refs]
III as if from πῐθέω, [Refs 8th c.BC+] has future πῐθήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+] (obey): aorist participle πῐθήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+] (trust),[Refs 8th c.BC+]; reduplicate aorist subjunctive πεπῐθήσω transitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also Aeolic dialect πίθημι, participle πίθεις [Refs 7th c.BC+]
A active, prevail upon, persuade, usually by fair means, τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεπιθεῖν φρένας Αἰακίδαο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative person et infinitive, persuade one to..,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τινὰς ὥστε δοῦναι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἵνα.. [NT+1st c.AD+]; π. τινὰς ὡς χρὴ.., ὡς ἔστι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πείθω ἐμαυτόν I persuade myself, am persuaded, believe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, πείσας by persuasion, by fair means, opposed to ἐν δόλῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs]; πόλιν πείσας having obtained the city's consent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πείσας unless by leave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πείθοντες, opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γυναῖκα, opposed to βιάζεσθαι, [Refs]; πέπεικε, opposed to ἠνάγκακε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with neuter pronoun, persuade one to or of a thing, τοῦτό γε οὐκ ἔπειθε τοὺς Φωκαιέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πεῖθ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ do not attempt to persuade me to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τοιάνδ᾽ ἔπειθε ῥῆσιν addressed them thus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 prevail on by entreaty, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II in bad sense, talk over, mislead, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2 π. τινὰ χρήμασι bribe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ μισθῷ μισθῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, χρήμασι πεισθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πείθειν τινά alone, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II.3 offood, tempt, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
B passive and middle, to be prevailed on, won over, persuaded, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative frequently in Trag., πείθου be persuaded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but πιθοῦ comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, to be persuaded to do, [Refs]; πείθεσθέ μοι πρύτανιν ἑλέσθαι [Refs]; also πείθεσθαί τινι ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃ.. ὑμεῖς.. ἥκιστ᾽ ἂν ὀξέως πείθοισθε (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [Refs]; ἑκὼν καὶ πεπεισμένος of one's own free will, [Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.; τὰ μὲν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ἴσθι σοι πεπεισμένα we are won over to you, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.2 πείθεσθαί τινι listen to one, obey him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἐν τέλει βεβῶσι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἄρχουσι, τῷ νόμῳ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γήραϊ πείθεσθαι yield, succumb to old age, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; στυγερῇ πειθώμεθα δαιτί let us comply with the custom of eating, sad though the meal be, [Refs]; ἀδίκοις ἔργμασι π. [Refs 6th c.BC+]
B.2.b with adjective neuter, σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι obey him in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ τιν᾽ οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω wherein I think some will not obey, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.3 with genitive, four times in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κείνου.. πιθοίατο vulgar form in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.II πείθεσθαί τινι believe, trust in, πείθεθ᾽ ἑταίρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, believe that.., οὐ γάρ πω ἐπείθετο ὃν πατέρ᾽ εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, π. τινὶ μὴ εἶναι χρήματα, ={ὅτι χρήματα οὐκ ἔχει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adjective or pronoun, τὰ περὶ Αἴγυπτον τοῖσι λέγουσι αὐτὰ π., οὐκ ἐπείθοντο τὰ ἐσαγγελθέντα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ ἐγώ σοι οὐ πείθομαι I do not take this on your word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.II.b π. τινὰ ὅπως.. to believe of him, that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.III perfect [Refs]trust, rely on, with dative person vel of things, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (not frequently in early Prose, as αὑτῷ πεποιθέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, οὔ πω χερσὶ πέποιθα ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπαμύνασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive only, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος I trust to win this fame, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰχμήν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σέβειν πεποιθώς daring to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, πέποιθα.. τὸν πυρφόρον ἥξειν κεραυνόν [NT+4th c.BC+]; π. εἴς τινας ὅτι.. [NT]; ἐπί τινας ὅτι.. [NT] that you may feel confidence, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεποιθώς in sure confidence, [LXX]
B.IV post-[Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect passive πέπεισμαι believe, trust, with dative, νεκροῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, συνοίσειν ταῦτα πέπ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεπεισμένος ἔκ τινων λογίων persuaded by.., [NT+1st c.AD+]. (Cf. Latin fido, fides.)