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παραπείθω

παραπείθω, to persuade gradually, win over, beguile

παραπείθω, fut. -πείσω Com.Adesp. 25.17 D. (dub.): Ep. aor. παρ- or παραι-πέπῐθον:—
  • 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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