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|Definition=ή, όν, (πείθω) of persons, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">persuasive, plausible</b>, esp. of popular speakers, πιθανώτατος τοῖς πολλοῖς <span class="bibl">Th.6.35</span> ; <b class="b3">τῷ δήμῳ παρὰ πολὺ . . -ώτατος</b>, of Cleon, <span class="bibl">Id.3.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ὄχλῳ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>458e</span>; -ώτατος πάντων ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">D.37.48</span>; -ώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι τῶν πεπαιδευμένων ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1395b27</span>; -ώτατοι οἱ ἐν τοῖς πάθεσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Po.</span>1455a30</span>; π. καὶ πανοῦργος Plu.2.26a; π. συνταγματάρχης <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Bacch.</span>2</span> : c. inf., -ώτατοι λέγειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>479c</span>; <b class="b3">π. περιβαλεῖν τινα κακῷ</b> <b class="b2">apt</b> at... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>906</span>; πιθανώτατος στρατηγῆσαί τε καὶ προσαγαγέσθαι <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>15</span>, etc.: with a Prep., <b class="b3">π. ἐς στρατηγίαν, ἐς ἐνέδρας</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mith.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pun.</span>108</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of arguments, <b class="b2">plausible</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>464</span> (lyr.); λέγων πιθανώτατ' <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>629</span>; <b class="b3">λόγος, φωναὶ π</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>88d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span> 568c</span>; <b class="b3">λόγοι θαυμασίως ὡς π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.35.16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ περὶ λόγους π</b>., = [[πιθανότης]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>178e</span> : freq. in Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>, as <span class="bibl">1356b26</span>, <span class="bibl">1403b20</span>; μόνον ἐφρόντισαν τοῦ π. τοῦ πρὸς αὑτούς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1000a10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of manners, <b class="b2">winning, plausible</b>, τὸ -ώτατον ἦθος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.3</span>; τὸ π. ἰσχὺν τῆς ἀληθείας ἔχει μείζω <span class="bibl">Men.622</span> codd. Stob.; οὐ π. ἔσχεν ὄχλῳ τὸ ἦθος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of reports, etc., <b class="b2">plausible, specious, credible</b>, λόγος πιθανώτατος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.214</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.123</span>; π. τινί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>677a</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">πιστεύεσθαι πιθανά</b> ib.<span class="bibl">782d</span>; <b class="b3">πιθανόν [ἐστι</b>] c. inf., it is <b class="b2">probable</b> that... <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Top.</span>151a29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> of works of art, <b class="b2">producing illusion, true to nature</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.7</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b2">easy to persuade, credulous</b>, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>485</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>493a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">obedient, docile</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span> 13.9</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. -<b class="b3">νῶς</b> <b class="b2">persuasively, plausibly</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>268</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>269c</span>, al. : Comp. -ώτερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>63b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>456c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1096b5</span>.</span>