noun · femininefirst declension
suādēla
suādēla f (genitive suādēlae)
Classical[sʷaːˈdeː.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[sʷaˈdɛː.la]
Meaning
- suasion, exhortation
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suādēla | suādēlae |
| genitive | suādēlae | suādēlārum |
| dative | suādēlae | suādēlīs |
| accusative | suādēlam | suādēlās |
| ablative | suādēlā | suādēlīs |
| vocative | suādēla | suādēlae |
suādēla (less correctly suādella), ae, f. suadeo.
I. Exhortation, suasion, persuasion (ante- and post-class.):
jam perducebam illam ad me suadela mea, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 24: suadela depravata, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 28, 15.—Plur.: his et hujusmodi suadelis, etc., App. M. 9, p. 225, 20.—II. Suadela, personified, the goddess of Persuasion, the Gr. Πειθώ, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 38.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Suādēla ae, f
suadeo, the goddess of Persuasion , H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂ Proto-Italic *-ēlā Latin -ēla Latin suādēla From suādeō (“advise”) + -ēla.