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πείθω,
persuade, imperfect ἔπειθον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.91, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πεῖθον [[ 16.842, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πείσω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive πεισέμεν [[ 5.252 ] Refs]: aorist 1 ἔπεισα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 84, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 304, etc. (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] has only optative πείσειε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.123)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect participle πείσαις [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἔπῐθον [[ [prev. author] “P.” 3.65 (poetry πίθον), 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.58 (poetry dual πιθέταν), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 941, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 949, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.64, used by 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in Epic dialect reduplicate forms πεπίθωμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.112, πεπίθοιμι 23.40, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.14, πεπῐθεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.184, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.536, πεπῐθών 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).72 (see. below), πεπιθοῦσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.26 (_indicative_ not in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” or 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, πέπιθον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.964, πέπιθε “hymnus ad Apollinem” 275)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπεικα [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.7, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle and passive πείθομαι, obey, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: future πείσομαι[[ [prev. work] 289 ] Refs], etc.: aorist 2 ἐπῐθόμην, Epic dialect πιθόμην [[ 5.201, ἐπίθετο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 73, ἐπίθοντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.260, “IG” 22.29.14, reduplicate πεπίθοντο 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 135; _imperative_ πίθεο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.59, πιθοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 992, _plural_ πίθεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 794 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive πίθωμαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.273, etc.; _optative_ πιθοίμην 4.93, etc. (reduplicate πεπίθοιτο 10.204)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive πιθέσθαι [[ 7.293, etc. (πεπιθέσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 14.75)] Refs]; participle πιθόμενος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1226 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 middle ἐπεισάμην [[ “IG” 12(5).720.5 (Andros, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.391 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus in Rhetores Graeci 8.150 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] W.: future passive πεισθήσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 624, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 248e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐπείσθην [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 593, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 526, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 866, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπεισμαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 697, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Thess. perfect infinitive πεπεῖστειν [[ “IG” 9(2).517.16 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II intransitive tenses of active, in passive sense, perfect 2 πέποιθα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.325, etc. (not frequently in Prose); _imperative_ πέπεισθι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 599 codices ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive πεποίθῃς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural πεποίθομεν (for-ωμεν) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.335; _optative_ πεποιθοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 940 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεποίθειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.171 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπεποίθεσαν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πεποίθεα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.434, 8.181 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἐπέπιθμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.341, 4.159: 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus uses ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 participle πιθών ={πιθόμενος}, [[ “P.” 3.28, reduplicate πεπιθών “I.” 4(3).72. ] Refs]
__III as if from πῐθέω, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] has future πῐθήσω [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.369 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (obey): aorist participle πῐθήσας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (trust),[[compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 359, 671, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.109, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 618 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 735 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; reduplicate aorist subjunctive πεπῐθήσω transitive, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.223 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also Aeolic dialect πίθημι, participle πίθεις [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 9.4. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__A active, prevail upon, persuade, usually by fair means, τινα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεπιθεῖν φρένας Αἰακίδαο[[ [prev. work] 184; σοὶ δὲ φρένας ἄφρονι πεῖθε 16.842; τοῦ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔπειθον 9.587, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.258, 23.337; Ἕκτορι θυμὸν ἔπειθε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative person et infinitive, persuade one to..,[[ [prev. work] 223, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 724, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τινὰς ὥστε δοῦναι, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.5, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μὴ.. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 901 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἵνα.. [[ NT.Matt.27.20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.181a] NT+1st c.AD+]; π. τινὰς ὡς χρὴ.., ὡς ἔστι.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327c, 364b; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν ὁμολογίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.76; κοὐδείς γέ μ᾽ ἂν πείσειεν.. τὸ μὴ ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πείθω ἐμαυτόν I persuade myself, am persuaded, believe, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453b, etc.; also π. τι ὠφέλιμον ὄν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17: frequently in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, πείσας by persuasion, by fair means, opposed to ἐν δόλῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 102, compare 612 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to βίᾳ, [[ “Tragica Adespota” 402 ] Refs]; πόλιν πείσας having obtained the city's consent, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1298; δᾶμον πείσαις λόγῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πείσας unless by leave, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844e; οὐ πείσαντες τὸν δῆμον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πείθοντες, opposed to βίᾳ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γυναῖκα, opposed to βιάζεσθαι, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 6.1.34 ] Refs]; πέπεικε, opposed to ἠνάγκακε, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 232b (but π. ἀνάγκῃ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 62.16, compare πειθανάγκη)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with neuter pronoun, persuade one to or of a thing, τοῦτό γε οὐκ ἔπειθε τοὺς Φωκαιέας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1064 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b, etc.; ἔπειθον οὐδέν᾽ οὐδέν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1212 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πεῖθ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ do not attempt to persuade me to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1442 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τοιάνδ᾽ ἔπειθε ῥῆσιν addressed them thus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 615. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 prevail on by entreaty, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.363; τότε κέν μιν ἱλασσάμενοι πεπίθοιμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.100; ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν 9.112, compare 181, 386, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 450; Ζηνὸς ἦτορ λιταῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366a, “Ap.” 37d: with double _accusative_, τὸν φόρον ὑποτελῶ Ἀθηναίοισιν, ὃν ἂν πείθω Ἀθηναίους “IG” 12.39.27. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II in bad sense, talk over, mislead, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.132, compare 6.360; ἔληθε δόλῳ καὶ ἔπειθεν Ἀχαιούς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.106, compare 14.123; πεπιθοῦσα θυέλλας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.26. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 π. τινὰ χρήμασι bribe, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.134, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ μισθῷ μισθῷ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.4, 9.33, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, χρήμασι πεισθείς [[ [prev. author] 1.137): proverbial, δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 272 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πείθειν τινά alone, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.19, NT.Act.12.20. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.3 offood, tempt, [[ 1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2.58.84. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B passive and middle, to be prevailed on, won over, persuaded, absolutely, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.201, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative frequently in Trag., πείθου be persuaded, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 520, “El.” 1015, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 440 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but πιθοῦ comply, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1181, “El.” 1207 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, to be persuaded to do, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 624 ] Refs]; πείθεσθέ μοι πρύτανιν ἑλέσθαι [[Pl. “Prt.” 338a ] Refs]; also πείθεσθαί τινι ὥστε.. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃ.. ὑμεῖς.. ἥκιστ᾽ ἂν ὀξέως πείθοισθε (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [[ [prev. author] 6.34 ] Refs]; ἑκὼν καὶ πεπεισμένος of one's own free will, [[ POxy. ivp 203 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.; τὰ μὲν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ἴσθι σοι πεπεισμένα we are won over to you, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1170. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 πείθεσθαί τινι listen to one, obey him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἐν τέλει βεβῶσι π. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἄρχουσι, τῷ νόμῳ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8, “An.” 7.3.39; μᾶλλον τῷ θεῷ ἢ ὑμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d: sometimes with double _dative_, ἔπεσι, μύθοισι π. τινί, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.150, 23.157: without _dative_ _person_, ἐπείθετο μύθῳ 1.33, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.177 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γήραϊ πείθεσθαι yield, succumb to old age, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.645 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; στυγερῇ πειθώμεθα δαιτί let us comply with the custom of eating, sad though the meal be, [[[prev. work] 48; νῦν μὲν πειθώμεθα νυκτὶ μελαίνῃ, of leaving off the labours of the day, 8.502 ] Refs]; ἀδίκοις ἔργμασι π. [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.11, 13.12. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__B.2.b with adjective neuter, σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι obey him in all things, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.21 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ τιν᾽ οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω wherein I think some will not obey, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.289, compare 4.93, 7.48, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, etc.; πάντ᾽ ἔγωγε πείσομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 529; πείσομαι δ᾽ ἃ σοὶ δοκεῖ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1180; οὐ.. πείθομαι τὸ δρᾶν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1252; μύθοις.. πεισθεὶς ἀφανῆ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1288 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.3: rarely with Noun in _accusative_, χρήμασι πεισθῆναι [τὴν ἀναχώρησιν] 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.21 (assuming variant). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.3 with genitive, four times in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, πείθεσθαί τινος 1.126, 5.29, 33, 6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 726, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.73; πείσθητί μευ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.66 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κείνου.. πιθοίατο vulgar form in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.57. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II πείθεσθαί τινι believe, trust in, πείθεθ᾽ ἑταίρῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.45; οἰωνοῖσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.238; τεράεσσι θεῶν καὶ Ζηνὸς ἀρωγῇ 4.408; ἐνυπνίῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.79; λεγομένοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, believe that.., οὐ γάρ πω ἐπείθετο ὃν πατέρ᾽ εἶναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.192, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, etc.: with _dative_ _person_ et ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, π. τινὶ μὴ εἶναι χρήματα, ={ὅτι χρήματα οὐκ ἔχει}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.3: with ὡς, οὐ πείσονται ὡς σὺ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἠθέλησας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44c, compare “R.” 391b: with _neuter_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adjective or pronoun, τὰ περὶ Αἴγυπτον τοῖσι λέγουσι αὐτὰ π., οὐκ ἐπείθοντο τὰ ἐσαγγελθέντα[[, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.12, 8.81; πείθεσθε τούτῳ ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 592 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ ἐγώ σοι οὐ πείθομαι I do not take this on your word, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 25e, compare “Phdr.” 235b: _absolutely_, ὡς ἐγὼ πείθομαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.b π. τινὰ ὅπως.. to believe of him, that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1251. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III perfect [[ 2 πέποιθα ] Refs]trust, rely on, with dative person vel of things, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.325, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+] (not frequently in early Prose, as αὑτῷ πεποιθέναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 248a)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, οὔ πω χερσὶ πέποιθα ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπαμύνασθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.71, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.96, etc.: with _dative_, οἷσι.. μαρναμένοισι πέποιθε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.98: later with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive only, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος I trust to win this fame, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 769 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰχμήν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σέβειν πεποιθώς daring to.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 530: once in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, χρήμασι ἐπεποίθεσαν διώσεσθαι 9.88 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, πέποιθα.. τὸν πυρφόρον ἥξειν κεραυνόν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 444; εἴ τις πέποιθεν ἑαυτῷ Χριστοῦ εἶναι NT.2Cor.10.7 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; π. εἴς τινας ὅτι.. [[ NT.Gal.5.10 ] NT]; ἐπί τινας ὅτι.. [[ NT.2Cor.2.3; ἐπὶ χρήμασι NT.Mark.10.24: _absolutely_, ὄφρα πεποίθῃς] NT] that you may feel confidence, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.344 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεποιθώς in sure confidence, [[ LXX.Deu.33.28. ] LXX]
__B.IV post-[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect passive πέπεισμαι believe, trust, with dative, νεκροῖσι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 599; ὀνείροις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1190, etc.: with _accusative_ et ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, συνοίσειν ταῦτα πέπ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.51, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368a: _absolutely_, νῦν δὲ πέπεισμαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 328e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεπεισμένος ἔκ τινων λογίων persuaded by.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 14; πεπείσμεθα περὶ ὑμῶν τὰ κρείττονα NT.Heb.6.9 ] NT+1st c.AD+]. (Cf. Latin fido, fides.)
