Latin

Verb

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

1. I recommend, advise.
2. I urge, exhort; I suade, persuade.
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.264

     hic iam galbaneos suadebo incendere odores

     Then I would urge you to burn fragrant resin of galbanum

3. I advocate, promote, support, recommend.

Inflection

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “suadeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)