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ψυχαγωγῶ

From LSJ

Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Mantoulidis Etymological

(=φωνάζω τίς ψυχές ἀπό τόν Ἄδη, σαγηνεύω). Παρασύνθετο ἀπό τό ψυχαγωγόςψυχή + ἀγωγός τοῦ ἄγω. Δές γιά περισσότερα παράγωγα στά ρήματα: ἄγω καί ψύχω.

Translations

persuade

Arabic: ⁧أَقْنَعَ⁩; Armenian: հորդորել; Azerbaijani: inandırmaq, razılaşdırmaq; Belarusian: запэўніваць, запэўніць; Bulgarian: убеждавам, убедя; Catalan: persuadir; Chinese Mandarin: 說服/说服, 勸說/劝说, 相勸/相劝, 勸/劝; Czech: přesvědčit; Danish: overbevise, overtale; Dutch: overtuigen, overhalen, overreden, persuaderen; Esperanto: konvinki, persvadi; Estonian: veenma, keelitama; Finnish: taivuttaa, vakuuttaa; French: persuader, convaincre; German: überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen, dazu bringen; Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽; Greek: πείθω; Ancient Greek: ἀγαπάω, ἀγαπέω, ἀγαπῶ, ἀμπείθω, ἀναγιγνώσκω, ἀναγινώσκω, ἀναπείθειν, ἀναπείθω, ἐάω, ἐκπείθω, ἐπαείρω, ἐπαίρω, ἐπισπάω, ἐπισπῶ, καταπείθω, παραίφημι, παραναπείθω, παράφημι, πάρφαμι, πάρφημι, πείθειν, πείθω, προάγω, προσβιβάζω, προτρέπω, συμπείθω, ψυχαγωγέω, ψυχαγωγῶ; Hebrew: ⁧שִׁכְנֵעַ⁩; Hungarian: rábeszél, meggyőz, rávesz; Hunsrik: përsuatiere; Italian: persuadere, convincere; Japanese: 説得する, 説く; Khmer: បញ្ជោក; Korean: 설득하다; Lao: ຊັກຊວນ; Latin: persuadeo, exoro; Latvian: pārliecināt, pierunāt; Lithuanian: įtikinti, įkalbėti; Macedonian: убедува, убеди; Malayalam: അനുനയിപ്പിക്കുക; Maori: whakapakepake; Norwegian Bokmål: overtale, overbevise; Persian: ⁧متقاعد کردن⁩; Polish: przekonywać, przekonać; Portuguese: persuadir; Romanian: convinge, persuada; Russian: убеждать, убедить, уговаривать, уговорить; Scottish Gaelic: iompaich; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: у̀верити, у̀вјерити, убедити, убиједити; Roman: ùveriti, ùvjeriti, ubéditi, ubijéditi; Slovak: presvedčiť; Slovene: prepričevati, prepríčati; Spanish: persuadir; Swedish: övertyga, övertala; Thai: ชักชวน, โน้มน้าว; Turkish: ikna etmek, razı etmek; Ukrainian: переконувати, переконати; Vietnamese: thuyết phục; Welsh: perswadio