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πειθ-ήνιος , Dor.πειθ-άνιος [α_], ον, ἡνία)
A.obedient to the rein, of a horse, Plu.Lyc.30 : metaph., Id.2.592c: generally, obedient, “γυνήM.Ant. 1.17, Hymn.Is. 101, cf. Plu.2.90b ; στράτευμα well-disciplined, Onos. 10.9 ; “ψυχήHierocl. in CA16p.456M. ; τὸ π. submissiveness, docility, Plu.2.442c. Adv. -ίως ib.102e, Ph.1.184; in Surgery, gently, Herod. Med. ap. Orib.10.18.15, Sor.1.70b, 2.10.
II. Act., that makes obedient, “χαλινοίPlu.2.369c ; λόγος Vett. Val.150.28.
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    • Plutarch, Lycurgus, 30
    • Onasander, Strategicus, 10.9
    • Marcus Aurelius, M. Antonius Imperator Ad Se Ipsum, 1.17
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