LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

persuāsiō

persuāsiō f (genitive persuāsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. persuasion (act of)
  2. belief, opinion

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepersuāsiōpersuāsiōnēs
genitivepersuāsiōnispersuāsiōnum
dativepersuāsiōnīpersuāsiōnibus
accusativepersuāsiōnempersuāsiōnēs
ablativepersuāsiōnepersuāsiōnibus
vocativepersuāsiōpersuāsiōnēs

persuāsĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. Lit., a convincing, persuading, persuasion: dicere apposite ad persuasionem, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6: difficilis, Just. 34, 4, 3.—
II. Transf., conviction, persuasion, belief, opinion (postAug.): falsam sibi scientiae persuasionem induerunt, Quint. 1, 1, 8: arrogans de se persuasio, id. 2, 4, 16: persuasionis plenus cuncta fato agi, Suet. Tib. 69: persuasio est, it is a prevalent opinion, Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 115: persuasio durat in magnā parte vulgi, id. 25, 2, 5, § 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin persuāsiō From persuādeō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpersuasió
  • Frenchpersuasion
  • Englishpersuasionfrom French persuasion
  • Italianpersuasione
  • Portuguesepersuasão
  • Romanianpersuasiune
  • Spanishpersuasión
  • Galicianpersuasión

Quick answers

What does persuāsiō mean in Latin?
persuāsiō, a noun, means “persuasion (act of); belief, opinion”.
What is the genitive of persuāsiō?
The genitive singular is persuāsiōnis. persuāsiō is feminine, third declension.