suadeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swādēō, from Proto-Indo-European *swoh₂déye-, from *sweh₂d-. Cognate with suāvis (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈswaː.de.oː/, [ˈswaː.d̪e.oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsva.de.o/, [ˈsvaː.d̪ɛ.ɔ]

Verb

suādeō (present infinitive suādēre, perfect active suāsī, supine suāsum); second conjugation

1. I recommend, advise.
2. I urge, exhort; I suade, persuade.
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.264:

     hic iam galbaneōs suādēbō incendere odōrēs

     Then I would urge you to burn fragrant resin of galbanum

3. I advocate, promote, support, recommend.

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of suādeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suādeō	suādēs	suādet	suādēmus	suādētis	suādent
	imperfect	suādēbam	suādēbās	suādēbat	suādēbāmus	suādēbātis	suādēbant
	future	suādēbō	suādēbis	suādēbit	suādēbimus	suādēbitis	suādēbunt
	perfect	suāsī	suāsistī	suāsit	suāsimus	suāsistis	suāsērunt, suāsēre
	pluperfect	suāseram	suāserās	suāserat	suāserāmus	suāserātis	suāserant
	future perfect	suāserō	suāseris	suāserit	suāserimus	suāseritis	suāserint
passive	present	suādeor	suādēris, suādēre	suādētur	suādēmur	suādēminī	suādentur
	imperfect	suādēbar	suādēbāris, suādēbāre	suādēbātur	suādēbāmur	suādēbāminī	suādēbantur
	future	suādēbor	suādēberis, suādēbere	suādēbitur	suādēbimur	suādēbiminī	suādēbuntur
	perfect	suāsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suāsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suāsus + future active 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, suādeāre	suādeātur	suādeāmur	suādeāminī	suādeantur
	imperfect	suādērer	suādērēris, suādērēre	suādērētur	suādērēmur	suādērēminī	suādērentur
	perfect	suāsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suāsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suādē	—	—	suādēte	—
	future	—	suādētō	suādētō	—	suādētōte	suādentō
passive	present	—	suādēre	—	—	suādēminī	—
	future	—	suādētor	suādētor	—	—	suādentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suādēre	suāsisse	suāsūrum esse	suādērī	suāsum esse	suāsum īrī
participles		suādēns	—	suāsūrus	—	suāsus	suādendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suādendī	suādendō	suādendum	suādendō	suāsum	suāsū

Derived terms

• cōnsuādeō
• dissuādeō
• persuādeō
• suādēla
• suādenter
• suādibilis
• suādus
• suāsiō
• suāsor
• suāsōria
• suāsōrius
• suāsum
• suāsus

 

Descendants

• English: suade, suasion
• Italian: suadere
• Portuguese: suadir
• Spanish: suadir

References

• suadeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suadeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suadeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)