παραπείθω

parapeitho

win by persuasive arts, prevail upon

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7120
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13788
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14208
Book 23 2
Chapter ?

2337
23606
Odyssey 3
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14290
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22213
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24119

Dictionary (LSJ)

παραπείθω, fut. -πείσω Com.Adesp. 25.17 D. (dub.) : Ep.aor. παρ- or παραι-πέπῐθον :—A. win by persuasive arts, prevail upon, Il. 24.208 ; Πηλείωνα . . σπουδῇ παρπεπιθόντες 23.37, cf. 606, Od. 24.119 ; freq. with a notion of deceit or guile, beguile, cajole, ὅς μʼ ἄγε παρπεπιθὼν ᾗσι φρεσί Od. 14.290 : c. acc. et inf., μή σε ἔπεσσι παραιπεπίθῃσιν Ὀδυσσεὺς μνηστήρεσσι μάχεσθαι 22.213 ; παράπεισον . . ἐλθεῖν . . Ἰσμηνόν E. Supp. 60(lyr.) :—rare in Prose, μή πῃ πρεσβύτας ἡμᾶς ὄντας . . παραπείσῃ may cajole us, Pl. Lg. 892d, cf. Nic.Dam. 130.24J. :—Pass., παραπεπεῖσθαι to be beguiled into doing a thing, Arist. LI 969b17.

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