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πιθανός

pithanos

persuasive, plausible

Appears 39 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πιθανός, 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 πιθανώτατʼ 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.
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