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suāsĭo , ōnis, f. suadeo,
I.a counselling, advice, exhortation, suasion, persuasion.
I. In gen., Sen. Ep. 95, 65.—Plur.: “omni suasionum admonitionumque genere utens,” Gell. 10, 19, 4.—
II. In partic.
A. In publicists' lang., a recommending, advocacy of a proposed law: “suasio legis Serviliae,” Cic. Clu. 51, 140.—
B. In rhetoric, the suasory species of eloquence, Cic. Or. 11, 37: “praecepta dare de suasionibus,” id. de Or. 2, 81, 333.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 51.140
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.81
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.19.4
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 95.65
    • Cicero, Orator, 11.37
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