LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

suādus

suādus (feminine suāda, neuter suādum)
Classical[ˈsʷaː.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsʷaː.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepersuasive

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuādussuādasuādum
genitivesuādīsuādaesuādī
dativesuādōsuādaesuādō
accusativesuādumsuādamsuādum
ablativesuādōsuādāsuādō
vocativesuādesuādasuādum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuādīsuādaesuāda
genitivesuādōrumsuādārumsuādōrum
dativesuādīssuādīssuādīs
accusativesuādōssuādāssuāda
ablativesuādīssuādīssuādīs
vocativesuādīsuādaesuāda

suādus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. persuading, persuasive (poet.): delenifica et suada facundia, Symm. Ep. 3, 6: cruor, Stat. Th. 4, 453: majestas, App. M. 11, 272, 26: conjux, Mart. Cap. 1, § 3.—Hence, Suāda, ae, f., personified, the goddess of Persuasion, the Greek Πειθώ: Suadae medulla (Cethegus), Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 59; id. Sen. 14, 50; Gell. 12, 2, 3; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 4 (Ann. v. 309 Vahl.).

Origins

From suādeō.

Descendants
  • Swedishsvada

Quick answers

What does suādus mean in Latin?
suādus, a adjective, means “persuasive”.
How do you pronounce suādus?
In classical Latin, [ˈsʷaː.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsʷaː.dus].