Latin edit

Etymology edit

From a Proto-Indo-European causative verb in *-éyeti from the root *sweh₂d- (sweet),[1][2][3] hence literally, to make sweet, pleasing. The stem of the original verb may have been either the zero-grade *suh₂d-éyeti,[2] as in Sanskrit सूदयति (sūdáyati, to make tasty), or the o-grade *swoh₂d-éyeti,[3] but in the end it was secondarily replaced with the full grade by influence of the related adjective suāvis (sweet).[2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu̯aː.de.oː/, [ˈs̠u̯äːd̪eoː]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈaː.de.oː/, [s̠uˈäːd̪eoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈa.de.o/, [suˈäːd̪eo]
  • Note: while the word generally scans with a glide in classical poetry, the rare pronunciation of the u as a vowel (in hiatus) is attested as early as Lucretius (see quotations). Compare the similar phenomenon in suāvis, which Romance languages reflect with a hiatus.

Verb edit

suādeō (present infinitive suādēre, perfect active suāsī, supine suāsum); second conjugation

  1. to recommend, advise
    Synonyms: commendō, admoneō, moneō, dēlīberō, conciliō, cēnseō, praedicō, suggerō
    • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 4.1157–8:
      Atque aliōs aliī irrīdent Veneremque sŭādent
      ut plācent, quoniam foedō adflictentur amōre.
      They [lovers] make fun of each other, advising to placate Venus as they're afflicted with foul love.
  2. to urge, exhort, induce, impel, suade, persuade
    Synonyms: persuādeō, perdūcō, convincō, exhortor, indūcō, moveō
    Antonyms: dissuādeō, tardō, obiūrgō
  3. to advocate, promote, support

Conjugation edit

  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
   Conjugation of suādeō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suādeō suādēs suādet suādēmus suādētis suādent
imperfect suādēbam suādēbās suādēbat suādēbāmus suādēbātis suādēbant
future suādēbō suādēbis suādēbit suādēbimus suādēbitis suādēbunt
perfect suāsī suāsistī suāsit suāsimus suāsistis suāsērunt,
suāsēre
pluperfect suāseram suāserās suāserat suāserāmus suāserātis suāserant
future perfect suāserō suāseris suāserit suāserimus suāseritis suāserint
passive present suādeor suādēris,
suādēre
suādētur suādēmur suādēminī suādentur
imperfect suādēbar suādēbāris,
suādēbāre
suādēbātur suādēbāmur suādēbāminī suādēbantur
future suādēbor suādēberis,
suādēbere
suādēbitur suādēbimur suādēbiminī suādēbuntur
perfect suāsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect suāsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect suāsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suādeam suādeās suādeat suādeāmus suādeātis suādeant
imperfect suādērem suādērēs suādēret suādērēmus suādērētis suādērent
perfect suāserim suāserīs suāserit suāserīmus suāserītis suāserint
pluperfect suāsissem suāsissēs suāsisset suāsissēmus suāsissētis suāsissent
passive present suādear suādeāris,
suādeāre
suādeātur suādeāmur suādeāminī suādeantur
imperfect suādērer suādērēris,
suādērēre
suādērētur suādērēmur suādērēminī suādērentur
perfect suāsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect suāsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suādē suādēte
future suādētō suādētō suādētōte suādentō
passive present suādēre suādēminī
future suādētor suādētor suādentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives suādēre suāsisse suāsūrum esse suādērī suāsum esse suāsum īrī
participles suādēns suāsūrus suāsus suādendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
suādendī suādendō suādendum suādendō suāsum suāsū

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: suade
  • Italian: suadere
  • Portuguese: suadir
  • Spanish: suadir

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “su̯ād-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1039f.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*su̯eh₂d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 606f.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “suāvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594

Further reading edit

  • suadeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suadeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suadeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)