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πιθανός

πιθανός, calculated to persuade

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πιθανώτατον masculine accusative singular superlative, neuter nominative singular superlative, neuter vocative singular superlative, neuter accusative singular superlative of πιθανός

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πῐθᾰν-ός, ή, όν, (πείθω) of persons,
  • 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. Aud.poet. 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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