persuadeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• persvadeo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈsu̯aː.de.oː/, [pɛrˈs̠u̯äːd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈswa.de.o/, [perˈswäːd̪eo]

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

   • 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		persuādēre	persuāsisse	persuāsūrum esse	persuādērī	persuāsum esse	persuāsum īrī
participles		persuādēns	—	persuāsūrus	—	persuāsus	persuādendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		persuādendī	persuādendō	persuādendum	persuādendō	persuāsum	persuāsū

Derived terms

• persuāsibilis
• persuāsiō
• persuāsor
• persuāsus

 

Related terms

• cōnsuādeō
• dissuādeō
• suādeō

 

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016