persuadeo Latin · revision 30741

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sueh₂d-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈsʷaː.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈsʷaː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''persuādeō''' (present infinitive persuādēre, perfect active persuāsī, supine persuāsum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Macrobius has the supine ''persuāsū''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|per-|suādeō|t1=thoroughly|t2=to advise]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨suādeō⟩ as a causative, “to make sweet, render agreeable”, from which “to recommend” developed; it took its root vowel from the adjective [[suāvis]], from [[itc-pro|*swādu-|t=sweet]] and [[ine-pro|*sueh₂d-u-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates are [[sa|स्वादु|tr=svādú-|t=sweet]], [[grc|ἡδύς|tr=hēdús|t=sweet, pleasant]] and [[ang|swōt|t=sweet]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Mercator'': ''huic persuādēre quō modō potis siem ut illam vendat'', “how I could persuade him to sell her”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ With a dative of the person it means to succeed in urging a course of action, to induce someone to do something, with ''ut'', a subjunctive or an infinitive (Plautus: ''persuāsumst facere'', “I was persuaded to do it”), and to bring someone to believe something, to convince.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The passive is impersonal (''mihi persuāsum est''), and ''sibi persuādēre'' is to persuade oneself, believe firmly (Cicero).^(OLD 2012) A personal object in the accusative is rare and late (Petronius).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “persuade”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''persuade'' (1510s) comes from French ''persuader'' and Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus with ''ut'' and with an infinitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of a listener convinced.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''sibi persuādēre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1510s – English borrows it as [[m|en|persuade]], through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(with dative)'' To [[m|en|persuade]], induce, prevail upon (to do something).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(with dative)'' To [[m|en|convince]] (of a fact); ''sibi persuādēre'', to be firmly convinced.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[persuāsibilis]]

+ * [[persuāsiō]]

+ * [[persuasor]]

+ * [[persuāsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsuādeō]]

+ * [[dissuādeō]]

+ * [[suādeō]]

+ * [[suāvis]]

+ * [[en|persuade]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}