noun · femininethird declension
suāsiō
suāsiō f (genitive suāsiōnis)
Meaning
- counselling, advice, persuasion
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suāsiō | suāsiōnēs |
| genitive | suāsiōnis | suāsiōnum |
| dative | suāsiōnī | suāsiōnibus |
| accusative | suāsiōnem | suāsiōnēs |
| ablative | suāsiōne | suāsiōnibus |
| vocative | suāsiō | suāsiōnēs |
suāsĭo, ōnis, f. suadeo,
I. a counselling, advice, exhortation, suasion, persuasion.
II. In partic.
A. In publicists' lang., a recommending, advocacy of a proposed law:
suasio legis Serviliae, Cic. Clu. 51, 140.—B. In rhetoric, the suasory species of eloquence, Cic. Or. 11, 37:
praecepta dare de suasionibus, id. de Or. 2, 81, 333.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
suāsiō ōnis, f
SVAD-, a recommending, advocacy, support : legis Serviliae.—In rhet., a hortatory address, persuasive speaking : praecepta de suasionibus.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin suāsiō From suādeō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishsuasion