persuadeo
Latin
Alternative forms
- persvadeo
Etymology
From per- (“thoroughly”) + suādeō (“I advise”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈsu̯aː.de.oː/, [pɛrˈs̠u̯äːd̪eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈswa.de.o/, [perˈswäːd̪eo]
Verb
persuādeō (present infinitive persuādēre, perfect active persuāsī, supine persuāsum); second conjugation
- (with dative) I 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.
- Prorsus mihi persuadet.
- I 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
- 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, 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
- I am persuaded, convinced: mihi persuasi
- persuadeo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016