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suādĕo , si, sum, 2 (scanned as a trisyl., sŭādent, Lucr. 4, 1157: suavis, Key, § 972), v. n. and
I.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).
I. 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.
(δ). 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.—
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. —
II. 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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