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|lshtext=<b>suādĕo</b>: si, [[sum]], 2 (scanned as a trisyl., sŭādent, Lucr. 4, 1157: [[suavis]], Key, § 972), v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. [Sanscr. svad-, to [[taste]], [[please]]; Gr. ἁδ-, [[ἁνδάνω]], to [[please]]; Lat. [[suavis]], [[suadela]], etc.; Germ. süsz; Engl. [[sweet]], to [[advise]], [[recommend]], [[exhort]], [[urge]], [[persuade]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf.: [[hortor]], [[moneo]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., constr. absol., [[with]] dat. of pers., and [[with]] acc. rei, an obj.-[[clause]], ut or ne, or the [[simple]] subj.; [[rarely]] [[with]] acc. pers.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: non jubeo, sed, si me consulis, [[suadeo]], Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 13: instare, Suadere, orare, Ter. And. 4, 1, 37; Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 37: recte suadere, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 43: [[pulchre]], id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9: itane suades? id. Eun. 1, 1, 31: ita faciam, ut suades, Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1: [[male]] suadendo lacerant homines, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 22: [[bene]] suadere, Cic. Lael. 13, 44.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. pers.: an C. Trebonio persuasi? cui ne suadere [[quidem]] [[ausus]] essem, Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 27: alicui sapientius suadere, id. Fam. 2, 7, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. rei: [[modo]] [[quod]] suasit, dissuadet, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 10: pacem, Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2: digito silentia, Ov. M. 9, 692: [[longe]] diversa, Vell. 2, 52, 2: asperiora, Suet. Caes. 14: quietem et concordiam, id. Oth. 8.—So [[with]] dat. pers.: [[quod]] [[tibi]] suadeam, suadeam meo patri, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 40: [[multa]] multis [[saepe]] suasit [[perperam]], id. ib. 2, 2, 78: tu [[quod]] [[ipse]] [[tibi]] suaseris, [[idem]] mihi persuasum putato, Cic. Att. 13, 38, 2: [[quid]] mi [[igitur]] suades? Hor. S. 1, 1, 101.— Pass.: [[minus]] placet, [[magis]] [[quod]] suadetur: [[quod]] dissuadetur placet, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 44.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. or obj.-[[clause]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): vide ne [[facinus]] facias, cum mori suadeas, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95: [[nemo]] suaserit studiosis dicendi adulescentibus in gestu discendo elaborare, id. de Or. 1, 59, 251: Juturnam [[misero]] [[fateor]] succurrere fratri Suasi, Verg. A. 12, 814; Aus. Idyll. 2, 53: ne hoc [[quidem]] suaserim, uni se alicui [[proprie]] addicere, Quint. 10, 2, 24: praesidibus onerandas tributo provincias suadentibus, Suet. Tib. 32.—With dat. pers.: [[nisi]] mihi ab adulescentiā suasissem, [[nihil]] esse in vitā [[magnopere]] expetendum [[nisi]] laudem, persuaded, convinced, Cic. Arch. 6, 14: suadebant amici nullam esse rationem, etc., id. Caecin. 5, 15; Quint. 2, 5, 23.—Cf. [[pass]].: nec potest aliquid suaderi perdere, Arn. 2, n. 26: Megadorus a sorore [[suasus]] ducere uxorem, Plaut. Aul. Arg. 1, v. 6.—（ε) With ut or ne: [[interea]], ut decumbamus, suadebo, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; Cic. Att. 11, 16, 4: suadebimus, ut laudem humanitatis [[potius]] concupiscat, Quint. 5, 13, 6: orat, ut suadeam Philolacheti, Ut istas remittat sibi, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 110; id. Ep. 3, 2, 19: [[postea]] me, ut sibi essem [[legatus]] non [[solum]] suasit, [[verum]] [[etiam]] rogavit, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 42; cf. in the foll. ζ: qui suadet, ne praecipitetur [[editio]], Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1: cum acerrime suasisset Lepido, ne se cum Antonio jungeret, Vell. 2, 63, 2: suadere Prisco, ne [[supra]] principem scanderet, Tac. H. 4, 8 fin.—（ζ) With [[simple]] subj.: [[proinde]] istud facias [[ipse]], [[quod]] faciamus, nobis suades, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 54: [[suadeo]] cenemus, Petr. 35 fin.: se suadere, Pharnabazo id negotii daret, Nep. Con. 4, 1.—（η) With acc. pers. ([[very]] [[rare]]): ego [[neque]] te jubeo, [[neque]] [[veto]] [[neque]] [[suadeo]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 120: uxorem ejus [[tacite]] suasi ac [[denique]] persuasi, secederet [[paululum]], App. M. 9, p. 228, 37; so, aliquem, Tert. Hab. Mul. 1; cf. also [[supra]]. ε, the [[pass]]. Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 42.—Hence, [[part]]. [[pass]].: paucorum asseverationibus suasi, Arn. 1, 64.—（θ) With de and abl.: suasuri de [[pace]], Quint. 3, 8, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of things ([[mostly]] [[poet]].), to [[urge]], [[induce]], [[impel]]: autumno suadente, Lucr. 1, 175: [[fames]], Verg. A. 9, 340; 10, 724: suadente pavore, Sil. 7, 668; 12, 12: ita suadentibus annis, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 6: verba suadentia, Stat. Th. 11, 435: [[tantum]] [[religio]] potuit suadere malorum! Lucr. 1, 101: suadent cadentia sidera somnos, Verg. A. 2, 9: cui nulla [[malum]] [[sententia]] suadet, Ut faceret [[facinus]], Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 248 Vahl.): me [[pietas]] matris [[potius]] [[commodum]] suadet sequi, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31: tua me [[virtus]] quemvis sufferre laborem Suadet, Lucr. 1, 142; 1, 175: [[saepe]] levi somnum suadebit inire [[susurro]], Verg. E. 1, 56. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., in publicists' lang.: suadere legem, rogationem, etc., to [[recommend]], [[advocate]], [[speak]] in [[favor]] of a proposed [[law]] or [[bill]]: legem Voconiam magnā voce et bonis lateribus suasi, Cic. Sen. 5, 14; so, legem, id. Brut. 23, 89; Liv. 45, 21 (opp. dissuadere): rogationem, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109; cf.: in hac rogatione suadendā, id. Mil. 18, 47: suadere de [[pace]], [[bello]], etc., Quint. 3, 8, 14.—Absol.: in suadendo et dissuadendo tria [[primum]] spectanda, Quint. 3, 8, 15.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: suāsum, i, n., a [[persuasion]], [[persuasive]] [[saying]] ([[late]] Lat.): serpentis suasa loquentis accepi, Tert. Gen. 103; cf. id. ad Uxor. 2, 1.—suādenter, adv., [[persuasively]]: loqui in litibus, Arn. 2, p. 71.

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