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noun

suāsĭo

gen. suāsōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
a counselling; advice; exhortation
a counselling, advice, exhortation, suasion, persuasion.
In gen., Sen. Ep. 95, 65.—Plur.: omni suasionum admonitionumque genere utens,… •
In gen., Sen. Ep. 95, 65.—Plur.: omni suasionum admonitionumque genere utens, Gell. 10, 19, 4.—
in particular
a recommending; advocacy •
In publicists' lang., a recommending, advocacy of a proposed law: suasio legis Serviliae, Cic. Clu. 51, 140.—
the suasory species of eloquence •
In rhetoric, the suasory species of eloquence, Cic. Or. 11, 37: praecepta dare de suasionibus, id. de Or. 2, 81, 333.
Perseus ID: n45716 Key: suasio