LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

persuādeō

persuādeō (present infinitive persuādēre, perfect active persuāsī, supine persuāsum)
Classical[pɛrˈsʷaː.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈsʷaː.de.o]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. with dativeto persuade, convince
    Prorsus mihi persuadet.He certainly convinces me.1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
  2. to prevail upon, persuade or induce to do something

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

suādendō efficiō ut aliquis faciat; amīcō persuādet ut bibat.
persuādeō -ēre -suāsī — in Mille Verba, Convīvium

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.persuādeōpersuādēbampersuādēbōpersuāsīpersuāserampersuāserō
2nd sg.persuādēspersuādēbāspersuādēbispersuāsistīpersuāserāspersuāseris
3rd sg.persuādetpersuādēbatpersuādēbitpersuāsitpersuāseratpersuāserit
1st pl.persuādēmuspersuādēbāmuspersuādēbimuspersuāsimuspersuāserāmuspersuāserimus
2nd pl.persuādētispersuādēbātispersuādēbitispersuāsistispersuāserātispersuāseritis
3rd pl.persuādentpersuādēbantpersuādēbuntpersuāsērunt
persuāsēre		persuāserantpersuāserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.persuādeampersuādērempersuāserimpersuāsissem
2nd sg.persuādeāspersuādērēspersuāserīspersuāsissēs
3rd sg.persuādeatpersuādēretpersuāseritpersuāsisset
1st pl.persuādeāmuspersuādērēmuspersuāserīmuspersuāsissēmus
2nd pl.persuādeātispersuādērētispersuāserītispersuāsissētis
3rd pl.persuādeantpersuādērentpersuāserintpersuāsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.persuādeorpersuādēbarpersuādēbor
2nd sg.persuādēris
persuādēre		persuādēbāris
persuādēbāre		persuādēberis
persuādēbere
3rd sg.persuādēturpersuādēbāturpersuādēbitur
1st pl.persuādēmurpersuādēbāmurpersuādēbimur
2nd pl.persuādēminīpersuādēbāminīpersuādēbiminī
3rd pl.persuādenturpersuādēbanturpersuādēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.persuādearpersuādērer
2nd sg.persuādeāris
persuādeāre		persuādērēris
persuādērēre
3rd sg.persuādeāturpersuādērētur
1st pl.persuādeāmurpersuādērēmur
2nd pl.persuādeāminīpersuādērēminī
3rd pl.persuādeanturpersuādērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.persuādēpersuādēre
pres. 2nd pl.persuādētepersuādēminī
fut. 2nd sg.persuādētōpersuādētor
fut. 3rd sg.persuādētōpersuādētor
fut. 2nd pl.persuādētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.persuādentōpersuādentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepersuādērepersuādērī
perfect infinitivepersuāsissepersuāsum esse
future infinitivepersuāsūrum essepersuāsum īrī
present participlepersuādēns—
perfect participle—persuāsus
persuāsa, persuāsā, persuāsae, persuāsam, persuāsārum, persuāsās, persuāse, persuāsīs, persuāsō, persuāsōrum, persuāsōs
future participlepersuāsūrus
persuāsūra, persuāsūrā, persuāsūrae, persuāsūram, persuāsūrārum, persuāsūrās, persuāsūre, persuāsūrī, persuāsūrīs, persuāsūrō, persuāsūrōrum, persuāsūrōs, persuāsūrum		persuādendus
persuādenda, persuādendā, persuādendae, persuādendam, persuādendārum, persuādendās, persuādende, persuādendīs, persuādendōrum, persuādendōs
gerundpersuādendī, persuādendō, persuādendumsupinepersuāsum, persuāsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

mihi persuasi
I am persuaded, convinced.
persuade tibi
convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point.
mihi persuasum est
I am persuaded, convinced.
velim tibi ita persuadeas
convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point.
sic volo te tibi persuadere
convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point.
accommodate ad persuadendum dicere
to be a persuasive speaker.

per-suādĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a.,
I. to bring over by talking, to convince of the truth of any thing, to persuade (cf. convinco).
I. In gen., constr. absol., with an obj.-clause and dat., rarely with acc. of the person: oratoris officium est dicere ad persuadendum accommodate, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138: imprimis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, Caes. B. G. 6, 14: velim tibi ita persuadeas, me, etc., Cic. Fam. 11, 5, 3: hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset, id. Att. 16, 5, 2: ne si forte de paupertate non persuaseris, sit aegritudini concedendum, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59; Hor S. 1, 6, 8; Verg. G. 2, 315: quis te persuasit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 10 (p. 175, n. 4 Vahl.).—Pass. pers. (rare): cum animus auditoris persuasus esse videtur ab eis, qui, etc., Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9: si persuasus auditor fuerit, id. ib. 1, 6, § 10: si scit et persuasus est, quid irascitur, etc., Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2.—Pass. impers.: corrupti sunt quibus persuasum sit foedissimum hostem justissimo bello prosequi, Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: mihi persuaderi numquam potuit, animos ... vivere, etc., id. Sen. 22, 80. persuasum habere, v. P. a. infra.—
II. In partic., to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade to do any thing (class.); usually constr. with alicui, ut, or ne; rarely (and post-Aug.) aliquem or with an obj.-clause: persuasit nox, amor, adulescentia, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 24: metuebat ne sibi persuaderes, ut, etc., Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 98: huic magnis praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadent, uti, etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 18: huic Albinus persuadet, regnum ab senatu petat, Sall. J. 35, 2: duo sunt tempora, quibus aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim, unum, ne, etc.... alterum ne, etc.... quorum si utrumvis persuasissem, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24: numquam tamen haec felicitas illi persuasit neglegentiam, led him into negligence, Sen. Exc. Contr. 3, praef. 5: omnia nobis mala solitudo persuadet, Sen. Ep. 25, 5: persuasit ei tyrannidis finem facere, Nep. Dion. 3, 3: nec arare terram aut expectare annum tam facile persuaseris, etc., Tac. G. 14 fin.: quis Romanis primus persuaserit navem conscendere? Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: frigidāque etiam hibernis algoribus persuasit, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 10: aliquā die te persuadeam, ut, etc., Petr. 46.—Impers. pass.: his persuaderi, ut, etc., non poterat, Caes. B. G. 2, 10: persuasum est facere, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 93; cf.: tibi quidquam persuaderi potuisse, Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 1: tibi persuasum habere, for sibi persuaderi: ea loca provinciae adjungere sibi persuasum habebant, Caes. B. G. 3, 2 fin.; v. Zumpt, Gr. § 407, n. 1; § 634.—Hence, P. a.: persuāsus, a, um, fixed, established, settled.—Sup.: quod mihi persuasissimum est, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2.—Esp., in phrase persuasum habere, to be convinced, regard as settled: quia persuasum habuerunt, animas hominum immortalis esse, Val. Max. 2, 6, 10: comperi persuasissimum habuisse eum, with obj.clause, Suet. Ner. 29: at nos e diverso fumi amaritudine vetustatem indui persuasum habemus, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 40: persuasum habeo posse fieri ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Col. 1, 1, 4; 4, 3, 3 al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Latin suādeō Latin persuādeō From per- (“thoroughly”) + suādeō (“to advise”).

Descendants
  • Catalanpersuadir
  • Englishpersuade
  • Frenchpersuader
  • Italianpersuadere
  • Portuguesepersuadir
  • Romanianpersuada
  • Spanishpersuadir
  • Galicianpersuadir
  • Piedmontesepërsuade

In English words that came into English from persuādeō

  • persuadepersuādeō
  • persuasionpersuāsiō
  • persuasivepersuāsīvus
  • persuasorypersuasorius

Quick answers

What does persuādeō mean in Latin?
persuādeō, a verb, means “to persuade, convince; to prevail upon, persuade or induce to do something”.
What are the principal parts of persuādeō?
persuādeō, persuādēre, persuāsī, persuāsum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce persuādeō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈsʷaː.de.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈsʷaː.de.o].
Which English words come from persuādeō?
English words that go back to Latin persuādeō include persuade, persuasion, persuasive and persuasory.