πειθοῖ (peithoi)

πειθοῖ is an Ancient Greek form of πείθω, meaning “to persuade; (mid.) obey, trust”. It is the 2nd person singular present middle/passive optative.

It can also be a form of πειθώ, “persuasion; (mis-parse of πείθω)”.

It can also be a form of Πειθώ, “Peitho — Persuasion, goddess”. It is the 2nd person singular present middle/passive optative.

Found 77 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Romulus 16.2: … ν ἐπιεικῆ καὶ μέτρια προκαλούμενοι, τὸν Ῥωμύλον ἀποδόντα τὰς κόρας αὐτοῖς καὶ λύσαντα τὸ τῆς βίας ἔργον, εἶτα πειθοῖ καὶ νόμῳ πράττειν τοῖς γένεσι φιλίαν καὶ οἰκειότητα. τοῦ δὲ Ῥωμύλου τὰς μὲν κόρας μὴ προιεμένου, παρακαλοῦντο …

Plutarch, Sulla 23.4: … έλος δʼ ἔπεισεν ἀποσταλῆναι αὐτὸς πρὸς τὸν Μιθριδάτην διαπράξεσθαι γὰρ ἐφʼ οἷς βούλεται τὴν εἰρήνην, εἰ δὲ μὴ πείθοι, κτενεῖν αὐτὸς αὐτόν.

Aristophanes, Lysistrata 203: δέσποινα Πειθοῖ καὶ κύλιξ φιλοτησία,

All forms of πείθω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.