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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + suādeō (“recommend, advise, urge”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dissuādeō (present infinitive dissuādēre, perfect active dissuāsī, supine dissuāsum); second conjugation, no passive
- to urge differently, advise against, dissuade, oppose by argument, resist
- Synonyms: tardō, obiūrgō
- Antonyms: suādeō, persuādeō
Conjugation
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “dissuadeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dissuadeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dissuadeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)