persuadeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• persvadeo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈsʷaː.de.oː/, [pɛrˈs̠ʷäːd̪eoː]
• (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		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

• 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