persuadeo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • persvadeo

Etymology

From per- (“thoroughly”) +‎ suādeō (“to advise”).

Pronunciation

Verb

persuādeō (present infinitive persuādēre, perfect active persuāsī, supine persuāsum); second conjugation

  1. (with dative) to persuade, convince
    Synonyms: suādeō, convincō, admoneō, perdūcō, trahō, perpellō, flectō
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.2:
      Is, M. Messāla, et M. Pupio Pīsōne cōnsulibus, rēgnī cupiditāte inductus coniūrātiōnem nōbilitātis fēcit, et cīvitātī persuāsit ut dē fīnibus suīs cum omnibus cōpiīs exīrent […] .
      [Orgetorix], when Marcus Messala and Marcus Pupius Piso were consuls, influenced by the desire for kingship, formed a conspiracy of the nobility, and persuaded the people to leave their own territories with all their resources […] .
      (Note the dative case: cīvitātī.)
    • 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum:
      Prorsus mihi persuadet.
      He certainly convinces me.
  2. to prevail upon, persuade or induce to do something
    Synonyms: suādeō, indūcō, sēdūcō, dēdūcō, sollicitō, alliciō, pelliciō, capiō
    Antonyms: dissuādeō, tardō, obiūrgō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of persuādeō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present persuādeō persuādēs persuādet persuādēmus persuādētis persuādent
imperfect persuādēbam persuādēbās persuādēbat persuādēbāmus persuādēbātis persuādēbant
future persuādēbō persuādēbis persuādēbit persuādēbimus persuādēbitis persuādēbunt
perfect persuāsī persuāsistī persuāsit persuāsimus persuāsistis persuāsērunt,
persuāsēre
pluperfect persuāseram persuāserās persuāserat persuāserāmus persuāserātis persuāserant
future perfect persuāserō persuāseris persuāserit persuāserimus persuāseritis persuāserint
passive present persuādeor persuādēris,
persuādēre 		persuādētur persuādēmur persuādēminī persuādentur
imperfect persuādēbar persuādēbāris,
persuādēbāre 		persuādēbātur persuādēbāmur persuādēbāminī persuādēbantur
future persuādēbor persuādēberis,
persuādēbere 		persuādēbitur persuādēbimur persuādēbiminī persuādēbuntur
perfect persuāsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect persuāsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect persuāsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present persuādeam persuādeās persuādeat persuādeāmus persuādeātis persuādeant
imperfect persuādērem persuādērēs persuādēret persuādērēmus persuādērētis persuādērent
perfect persuāserim persuāserīs persuāserit persuāserīmus persuāserītis persuāserint
pluperfect persuāsissem persuāsissēs persuāsisset persuāsissēmus persuāsissētis persuāsissent
passive present persuādear persuādeāris,
persuādeāre 		persuādeātur persuādeāmur persuādeāminī persuādeantur
imperfect persuādērer persuādērēris,
persuādērēre 		persuādērētur persuādērēmur persuādērēminī persuādērentur
perfect persuāsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect persuāsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — persuādē — — persuādēte —
future — persuādētō persuādētō — persuādētōte persuādentō
passive present — persuādēre — — persuādēminī —
future — persuādētor persuādētor — — persuādentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present persuādēre persuādērī persuādēns —
future persuāsūrum esse persuāsum īrī persuāsūrus persuādendus
perfect persuāsisse persuāsum esse — persuāsus
future perfect — persuāsum fore — —
perfect potential persuāsūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
persuādendī persuādendō persuādendum persuādendō persuāsum persuāsū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: persuadir
  • English: persuade
  • French: persuader
  • Galician: persuadir
  • Italian: persuadere
  • Piedmontese: përsuade
  • Portuguese: persuadir
  • Romanian: persuada
  • Spanish: persuadir

References

  • “persuadeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “persuadeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “persuadeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I am persuaded, convinced: mihi persuasi
    • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: persuade tibi
    • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: velim tibi ita persuadeas
    • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: sic volo te tibi persuadere
  • persuadeo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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