Etymology [edit]
Cognate with suāvis (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“to taste”)[1].
Pronunciation [edit]
present active suādeō, present infinitive suādēre, perfect active suāsī, supine suāsum.
- I recommend, advise.
- I urge, exhort; persuade.
- 29 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon, liber IV: 264
- hic iam galbaneos suadebo incendere odores
- Then I would urge you to burn fragrant resin of galbanum
- I advocate, promote, support, recommend.
Inflection [edit]
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
| indicative |
singular |
plural |
| first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
| active |
present |
suādeō |
suādēs |
suādet |
suādēmus |
suādētis |
suādent |
| future |
suādēbō |
suādēbis |
suādēbit |
suādēbimus |
suādēbitis |
suādēbunt |
| imperfect |
suādēbam |
suādēbās |
suādēbat |
suādēbāmus |
suādēbātis |
suādēbant |
| perfect |
suāsī |
suāsistī |
suāsit |
suāsimus |
suāsistis |
suāsērunt |
| future perfect |
suāserō |
suāseris |
suāserit |
suāserimus |
suāseritis |
suāserint |
| pluperfect |
suāseram |
suāserās |
suāserat |
suāserāmus |
suāserātis |
suāserant |
| passive |
present |
suādeor |
suādēris |
suādētur |
suādēmur |
suādēminī |
suādentur |
| future |
suādēbor |
suādēberis |
suādēbitur |
suādēbimur |
suādēbiminī |
suādēbuntur |
| imperfect |
suādēbar |
suādēbāris |
suādēbātur |
suādēbāmur |
suādēbāminī |
suādēbantur |
| perfect |
Use suāsus m, suāsa f, suāsum n followed by the present indicative of sum. |
| future perfect |
Use suāsus m, suāsa f, suāsum n followed by the future indicative of sum. |
| pluperfect |
Use suāsus m, suāsa f, suāsum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum. |
| subjunctive |
singular |
plural |
| first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
| active |
present |
suādeam |
suādeās |
suādeat |
suādeāmus |
suādeātis |
suādeant |
| imperfect |
suādērem |
suādērēs |
suādēret |
suādērēmus |
suādērētis |
suādērent |
| perfect |
suāserim |
suāserīs |
suāserit |
suāserīmus |
suāserītis |
suāserint |
| pluperfect |
suāsissem |
suāsissēs |
suāsisset |
suāsissēmus |
suāsissētis |
suāsissent |
| passive |
present |
suādear |
suādeāris |
suādeātur |
suādeāmur |
suādeāminī |
suādeantur |
| imperfect |
suādērer |
suādērēris |
suādērētur |
suādērēmur |
suādērēminī |
suādērentur |
| perfect |
Use suāsus m, suāsa f, suāsum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum. |
| pluperfect |
Use suāsus m, suāsa f, suāsum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum. |
| imperatives |
active |
passive |
| present (you) |
future (you) |
future (he/she) |
present (you) |
future (you) |
future (he/she) |
|
singular |
suādē |
suādētō |
suādētō |
suādēre |
suādētor |
suādētor |
| plural |
suādēte |
suādētōte |
suādentō |
suādēminī |
— |
suādentor |
|
present |
perfect |
future |
present |
perfect |
future |
| infinitives |
suādēre |
suāsisse |
suāsūrus esse |
suādērī |
suāsus esse |
suāsum īrī |
| participles |
suādēns (suādentis) |
— |
suāsūrus-ra, -rum |
— |
suāsus-a, -um |
suādendus-nda, -ndum |
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ suadeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879