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