πειθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Can be identified with Latin fīdus, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peː.tʰós/ → /piˈθos/ → /piˈθos/

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

Adjective

πειθός • (peithós) m (feminine πειθή, neuter πειθόν); first/second declension

1. persuasive

   Synonym: πιθανός (pithanós)

Inflection

First and second declension of πειθός; πειθή; πειθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πειθός peithós	πειθή peithḗ	πειθόν peithón		πειθώ peithṓ	πειθᾱ́ peithā́	πειθώ peithṓ		πειθοί peithoí	πειθαί peithaí	πειθᾰ́ peithắ
Genitive		πειθοῦ peithoû	πειθῆς peithês	πειθοῦ peithoû		πειθοῖν peithoîn	πειθαῖν peithaîn	πειθοῖν peithoîn		πειθῶν peithôn	πειθῶν peithôn	πειθῶν peithôn
Dative		πειθῷ peithôi	πειθῇ peithêi	πειθῷ peithôi		πειθοῖν peithoîn	πειθαῖν peithaîn	πειθοῖν peithoîn		πειθοῖς peithoîs	πειθαῖς peithaîs	πειθοῖς peithoîs
Accusative		πειθόν peithón	πειθήν peithḗn	πειθόν peithón		πειθώ peithṓ	πειθᾱ́ peithā́	πειθώ peithṓ		πειθούς peithoús	πειθᾱ́ς peithā́s	πειθᾰ́ peithắ
Vocative		πειθέ peithé	πειθή peithḗ	πειθόν peithón		πειθώ peithṓ	πειθᾱ́ peithā́	πειθώ peithṓ		πειθοί peithoí	πειθαί peithaí	πειθᾰ́ peithắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πειθῶς peithôs				πειθότερος peithóteros				πειθότᾰτος peithótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πειθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πειθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πειθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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
• G3981 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible