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|Definition=gen. όος, contr. πειθοῦς, ἡ, Ion. acc. [[πειθοῦν]] (v. infr. <span class="bibl">11.3</span>):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> Πειθώ = [[Persuasion]] as a goddess, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span> 73</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span> 349</span>, Sapph. 135, Ibyc.5, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 9.39</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>123.10</span>, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span> 1040</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Epit.</span> 338</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermesian. 11</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.22.3</span>, <span class="bibl">2.7.7</span>; Πειθὼ καὶ Ἀναγκαίη <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.111</span>; Π. καὶ Βία <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Them.</span>21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Appellat., [[persuasiveness]], πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span> 173</span> (anap.), etc. ; π. τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσιν, of Pericles, <span class="bibl">Eup.94.5</span>; ἀργύριον παρά του πειθοῖ λαβών <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span> 1.7.5</span>; πειθοῦς δημιουργός ἐστιν ἡ ῥητορική <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>453a</span>; δύο εἴδη πειθοῦς, τὸ μὲν πίστιν παρεχόμενον ἄνευ τοῦ εἰδέναι, τὸ δ' ἐπιστήμην ib.<span class="bibl">454e</span>; [[πειθοῖ καὶ βίᾳ]] = [[by persuasion or compulsion]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 722b</span>; μετὰ πειθοῦς ib.<span class="bibl">720d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[persuasion]] in the mind, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>385</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[means of persuasion]], [[inducement]], <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">IA</span>104</span>; πειθώ τινα ζητεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span> 1398</span>; κοίην οὐ προσήγαγον πειθοῦν αὐτῷ; <span class="bibl">Herod.6.75</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[obedience]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">3.3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Hierocl. <span class="title">in CA</span>5p.427M.</span>; τῶν παρηγγελμένων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>474.37</span> (ii A.D.).</span>