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|mdlsjtxt=πῐθᾰνός, ή, όν [[πείθω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> calculated to [[persuade]]; and so,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of persons, having the [[power]] of [[persuasion]], [[persuasive]], [[plausible]], of [[popular]] speakers, Thuc., etc.:—c. inf., πιθανώτατος λέγειν Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of arguments, Ar., Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of [[manners]], [[persuasive]], [[winning]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of reports, [[plausible]], [[specious]], [[probable]], Hdt., Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> of works of art, producing [[illusion]], true to [[nature]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[pass]]. [[easy]] to [[persuade]], [[credulous]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[obedient]], [[docile]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> adv. -νῶς, [[persuasively]], comp. -ώτερον, Ρλατ.

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