- πεισμονή
- πεισμονή, ῆς ἡ (fr. πείθω via πεῖσμα ‘persuasion’; Apollon. Dysc.=Gramm. Gr. II 2 p. 429, 9 U.; 299, 17; Eustathius on Hom. several times; Just., A I, 53, 1; Iren. 4, 33, 7 [Harv. II 262, 2] and other eccl. writers, s. Lampe s.v.) persuasion (Apollon.; Justin, loc. cit.; PLond V, 1674, 36 [VI A.D.]) οὐ πεισμονῆς τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλὰ μεγέθους ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστιανισμός Christianity is not a matter of persuasiveness, but of (true) greatness IRo 3:3. ἡ π. οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος that persuasion, that draws you away fr. the truth, does not come from the one who calls you Gal 5:8 (EBurton, ICC Gal 1920, 282f). B-D-F §488, 1b favor the mng. ‘obedience’ [Folgsamkeit] here (also §109, 6), but must depart fr. the Gk. text as handed down by the great majority of witnesses.—DELG s.v. πείθομαι. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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