Persuadeo, persuádes, pen. prod. persuási, persuâsum, pen. pro. persuadere. Plaut.To perswade: to make to beleeue or trust: to put or bring in ones minde: to induce or mooue to doe a thing.Persuasit nox, amor, vinum, adolescentia. Ter. Maued hym to doe it.Mihi nunquam persuaderi potuit, animos, &c.Cic.I could neuer be persuaded.Opinione non solum, sed etiam ad veritatem sibi aliquid persuadere. Cice. Te tibi persuadere volo, mihi neminem esse te chariorem.Cic.I would you shoulde persuade your selfe.Non consirmauit solùm mihi, sed etiam persuasit.Cic.Verè persuades hoc tibi. Hor. Quo modo mihi persuadeo.Cicer.As I perswade my self: in my fantasie.Velim tibi ita persuadeas, me cum Reipub. causa. quæ mihi vita ipsa est charior, tum quòd, &c. Cicero. I woulde you shoulde perswade your selfe, or belecue this for suretie, &c.Hoc velim tibi penitus persuadeas.Cic.Is mihi persuader, nuptias quantum queam vt maturem.Terent.He exhorteth men to hasten, &c.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
[Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown.]: per-suādĕo, si, sum, 2, <i>v. a.</i>, <I>to bring over by talking</I>, <I>to convince</I> of the truth of any thing, <I>to persuade</I> (cf. convinco). <p /><b>I.</b> In gen., constr. <I>absol.</I>, with an <I>obj.-clause</I> and <case>dat.</case>, rarely with <I>acc. of the person</I>: <q>oratoris officium est dicere ad persuadendum accommodate</q>, <bibl><author>Cic.</author> de Or. 1, 31, 138</bibl>: <q>imprimis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas</q>, <bibl><author>Caes.</author> B. G. 6, 14</bibl>: <q>velim tibi ita persuadeas, me, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Cic.</author> Fam. 11, 5, 3</bibl>: <q>hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset</q>, <bibl><author>id.</author> Att. 16, 5, 2</bibl>: <q>ne si forte de paupertate non persuaseris, sit aegritudini concedendum</q>, <bibl><author>id.</author> Tusc. 4, 27, 59</bibl>; Hor S. 1, 6, 8; <bibl><author>Verg.</author> G. 2, 315</bibl>: quis te persuasit, Enn. ap. <bibl><author>Serv.</author> Verg. A. 10, 10</bibl> (p. 175, n. 4 Vahl.).—<I>Pass. pers.</I> (rare): <q>cum animus auditoris persuasus esse videtur ab eis, qui, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Auct. Her.</author> 1, 6, 9</bibl>: <q>si persuasus auditor fuerit</q>, <bibl><author>id.</author> ib. 1, 6</bibl>, 10: si scit et persuasus est, quid irascitur, etc., Caecil. ap. <bibl><author>Cic.</author> Fam. 6, 7, 2</bibl>.—<I>Pass. impers.</I>: <q>corrupti sunt quibus persuasum sit foedissimum hostem justissimo bello prosequi</q>, <bibl><author>Cic.</author> Phil. 13, 17, 35</bibl>: <q>mihi persuaderi numquam potuit, animos ... vivere, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>id.</author> Sen. 22, 80</bibl>. persuasum habere, v. <i>P. a.</i> infra.—<p /><b>II.</b> In partic., <I>to prompt</I>, <I>induce</I>, <I>prevail upon</I>, <I>persuade</I> to do any thing (class.); usually constr. with <I>alicui</I>, <I>ut</I>, or <I>ne;</I> rarely (and post-Aug.) <I>aliquem</I> or with an <I>obj.-clause</I>: <q>persuasit nox, amor, adulescentia</q>, <bibl><author>Ter.</author> Ad. 3, 4, 24</bibl>: <q>metuebat ne sibi persuaderes, ut, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Plaut.</author> Truc. 1, 2, 98</bibl>: <q>huic magnis praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadent, uti, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Caes.</author> B. G. 3, 18</bibl>: <q>huic Albinus persuadet, regnum ab senatu petat</q>, <bibl><author>Sall.</author> J. 35, 2</bibl>: <q>duo sunt tempora, quibus aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim, unum, ne, etc.... alterum ne, etc.... quorum si utrumvis persuasissem, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Cic.</author> Phil. 2, 10, 24</bibl>: <q>numquam tamen haec felicitas illi persuasit neglegentiam</q>, <trans><tr>led him into negligence</tr></trans>, <bibl><author>Sen.</author> Exc. Contr. 3</bibl>, praef. 5: <q>omnia nobis mala solitudo persuadet</q>, <bibl><author>Sen.</author> Ep. 25, 5</bibl>: <q>persuasit ei tyrannidis finem facere</q>, <bibl><author>Nep.</author> Dion. 3, 3</bibl>: <q>nec arare terram aut expectare annum tam facile persuaseris, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Tac.</author> G. 14 <I>fin.</I></bibl>: <q>quis Romanis primus persuaserit navem conscendere?</q> <bibl><author>Sen.</author> Brev. Vit. 13, 4</bibl>: <q>frigidāque etiam hibernis algoribus persuasit</q>, <bibl><author>Plin.</author> 29, 1, 5, 10</bibl>: <q>aliquā die te persuadeam, ut, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Petr.</author> 46</bibl>.—<I>Impers. pass.</I>: <q>his persuaderi, ut, etc., non poterat</q>, <bibl><author>Caes.</author> B. G. 2, 10</bibl>: <q>persuasum est facere</q>, <bibl><author>Plaut.</author> Bacch. 4, 9, 93</bibl>; cf.: <q>tibi quidquam persuaderi potuisse</q>, <bibl><author>Cic.</author> Fam. 11, 28, 1</bibl>: <q>tibi persuasum habere, for sibi persuaderi: ea loca provinciae adjungere sibi persuasum habebant</q>, <bibl><author>Caes.</author> B. G. 3, 2 <I>fin.</I></bibl>; v. Zumpt, Gr. 407, n. 1; 634.—Hence, <I>P. a.</I>: persuāsus, a, um, <I>fixed</I>, <I>established, <hi rend=ital>settled.</I>—Sup.</hi>: quod mihi persuasissimum est, Brut. ap. <bibl><author>Cic.</author> Fam. 11, 9, 2</bibl>.—Esp., in phrase persuasum habere, <I>to be convinced</I>, <I>regard as settled</I>: <q>quia persuasum habuerunt, animas hominum immortalis esse</q>, <bibl><author>Val. Max.</author> 2, 6, 10</bibl>: comperi persuasissimum habuisse eum, with <I>obj.clause</I>, <bibl><author>Suet.</author> Ner. 29</bibl>: <q>at nos e diverso fumi amaritudine vetustatem indui persuasum habemus</q>, <bibl><author>Plin.</author> 23, 1, 22, 40</bibl>: <q>persuasum habeo posse fieri ut, etc.</q>, <bibl><author>Plin.</author> Ep. 1, 20, 9</bibl>; <bibl><author>Col.</author> 1, 1, 4</bibl>; <bibl>4, 3, 3 al.</bibl>
