Πειθώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πείθω (peíthō, “I persuade”) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peː.tʰɔ̌ː/ → /piˈθo/ → /piˈθo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /peː.tʰɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈθo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈθo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈθo/

Noun

Πειθώ • (Peithṓ) f (genitive Πειθοῦς or Πειθόος); third declension

1. the goddess Peitho, the personified persuasion

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Πειθώ; τῆς Πειθοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πειθώ hē Peithṓ
Genitive	τῆς Πειθοῦς / Πειθόος tês Peithoûs / Peithóos
Dative	τῇ Πειθοῖ têi Peithoî
Accusative	τὴν Πειθώ tḕn Peithṓ
Vocative	Πειθοῖ Peithoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πειθώ (peithṓ)

References

• “Πειθώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press