πιθανός
πῐθᾰν-ός,
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.
5). of works of art,
producing illusion, true to nature,
X. Mem. 3.10.7 ( Comp.).
ShortDef
calculated to persuade
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
πιθανός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πιθανος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-83075
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πῐθᾰν-ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>,(<span class="etym greek">πείθω</span>) of persons, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">persuasive, plausible</span>, esp. of popular speakers, <span class="quote greek">πιθανώτατος τοῖς πολλοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.35 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τῷ δήμῳ παρὰ πολὺ .. -ώτατος</span>, of Cleon, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.36 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.21/canonical-url/"> 4.21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ὄχλῳ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:458e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:458e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 458e </a>; <span class="quote greek">-ώτατος πάντων ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg037.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg037.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 37.48 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">-ώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι τῶν πεπαιδευμένων ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1395b:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1395b.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1395b27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">-ώτατοι οἱ ἐν τοῖς πάθεσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1455a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1455a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1455a30 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. καὶ πανοῦργος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.26a </span> ; <span class="quote greek">π. συνταγματάρχης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg003:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg003:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bacch.</span> 2 </a> : c. inf., <span class="quote greek">-ώτατοι λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:479c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:479c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 479c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. περιβαλεῖν τινα κακῷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">apt</span> at .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:906" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:906/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 906 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πιθανώτατος στρατηγῆσαί τε καὶ προσαγαγέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hisp.</span> 15 </a> , etc.: with a Prep., <span class="foreign greek">π. ἐς στρατηγίαν, ἐς ἐνέδρας</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mith.</span> 51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg009.perseus-grc1:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg009.perseus-grc1:108/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pun.</span> 108 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of arguments, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plausible</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:464" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:464/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 464 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">λέγων πιθανώτατ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:629" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:629/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 629 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λόγος, φωναὶ π</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:88d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:88d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 88d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:568c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:568c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 568c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λόγοι θαυμασίως ὡς π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 35.16 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ περὶ λόγους π.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">πιθανότης</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:178e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:178e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 178e </a> : freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span></span>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1356b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1356b.26/canonical-url/"> 1356b26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1403b:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1403b.20/canonical-url/"> 1403b20 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μόνον ἐφρόντισαν τοῦ π. τοῦ πρὸς αὑτούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1000a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1000a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1000a10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of manners, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">winning, plausible</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ -ώτατον ἦθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:10:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:10:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.10.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ π. ἰσχὺν τῆς ἀληθείας ἔχει μείζω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:622" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:622/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 622 </a> codd. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">οὐ π. ἔσχεν ὄχλῳ τὸ ἦθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phoc.</span> 3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of reports, etc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plausible, specious, credible</span>, <span class="quote greek">λόγος πιθανώτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.214 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:123" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.123/canonical-url/"> 2.123 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. τινί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:677a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:677a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 677a </a> : c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">πιστεύεσθαι πιθανά</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:782d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:782d/canonical-url/"> 782d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πιθανόν [ἐστι</span>] c. inf., it is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">probable</span> that .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:151a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:151a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 151a29 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> of works of art, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">producing illusion, true to nature</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:10:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:10:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.10.7 </a> ( Comp.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">easy to persuade, credulous</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:485" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:485/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 485 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 493a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obedient, docile</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:2:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.2.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 13.9 </a> ( Comp.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv.-<span class="foreign greek">νῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">persuasively, plausibly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:268" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:268/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 268 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:269c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:269c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 269c </a>, al.: Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ώτερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 63b </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:456c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:456c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 456c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1096b:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1096b.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1096b5 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}