persuade

persuade
v. trans.
P. and V. πείθειν, ἀ̆νᾰπείθειν (Eur. Hel. 825), V. ἐκπείθειν.
Induce: P. and V. προτρέπειν (or mid.), ἐπά̆γειν, ἐπαίρειν, προά̆γειν, P. ἐπισπᾶν ; see induce.
Join in persuading: P. συμπείθειν (absol. or with acc.).

PERSUADE

To induce by argument or fair words persuadere alicui (to succeed in convincing or persuading: persuadere ut = to persuade anybody to do anything: with infinitive or accusative and infinitive = to persuade or convince him that anything is so and so; i.e. to convince anybody of a fact or the truth of an assertion [an exception is Nep. Dion. 3]; it takes a simple accusative only of pronouns): aliquem perpellere ut etc. (to urge one to do a thing): aliquem impellere (to urge on) or adducere (to bring to) or inducere (to lead induce) ad aliquid or followed by ut: alicui auctorem esse alicujus rei or followed by ut (to cause one to do anything): commodis verbis delinire ut etc. (to talk over Auct. Argum. ad Plaut. Mil. v. 4). To be persuaded persuasum habere with accusative and infinitive. ☞ Persuasum habeo is much less common than mihi persuasum est or mihi persuasi. With mihi persuasi only a pronoun can stand as the objective; hoc mihi persuasi. With persuasum habere the dative of the pronoun is extremely rare the only passage being sibi persuasum habebant (Caes. B.G. 3 2 end). Hence avoid mihi persuasum habeo. To persuade anybody of anything alicui aliquid or de aliqua re probare (Cic.; alicui aliquid credibile facere is modern Latin though credibile aliquid facere is right Krebs): to persuade anybody that etc. persuadere alicui aliquid or de aliqua re: I shall not be persuaded of this hoc quidem non adducar ut credam; non facile adducar (not inducar) ad credendum: I am not persuaded that etc. non adducor or adducar (with accusative and infinitive without any verb of believing).

To convince Vid :

persuade:

1. persuādeo, si, sum, 2 (to bring over to one's way of thinking; with dat: foll. by ut [ne] and subj., when it signifies to p. any one to do or not to do something; by acc. and inf., when it signifies to convince): he p.s him to go over to the enemy, huic persuadet uti ad hostes transeat, Caes. B. G. 3, 18: ut is sometimes omitted before subj.: Albinus p.s him to claim ..., huic Albinus p. ..., petat, Sall. Jug. 35 (the acc. and inf. in this sense is exceptional. it occurs however, Nep. Dion. 3, persuasit ei tyrannidis finem facere): I could never be p.d that the soul ... dies, mihi nunquam persuaderi potuit animos ... emori, Cic. Sen. 22, 80: Caes.: I am p.d, mihi persuadeo, mihi persuadetur: v. TO CONVINCE. (N.B.--Though not capable of taking an ordinary acc. of the object, persuadeo is often used with acc. of neut. pron.: to p. any one of this, hoc alicui p., Cic. Att. 16, 5: see L. G. § 253.)

2. addūco, 3: more fully, foll. by ad credendum [ut credam], Nep. Con. 3: also absol., I cannot p. myself that any one ..., ego non adducor quenquam, etc., Cic. Att. 11, 16 (infreq): v. TO INDUCE.

3. impello, 3 (to urge): Sall. Cat. 49 (foll. by ut). (Suadeo = to try to persuade: v. TO ADVISE, URGE.)

πείθω
πείθω, πείσω, ἔπεισα, πέπεικα, πέπεισμαι, ἐπείσθην, persuade
ἐνάγω
to lead in, lead on, urge, persuade

---

appearing fewer than 50 times

καταπείθω
to persuade
παραναπείθω
persuade
ἀντιπαρηγορέω
persuade, comfort in turn
ἐκπείθω
to over-persuade

suadeo
to advise, recommend, exhort, urge, persuade
persuadeo
to convince, persuade

---

appearing fewer than 50 times

adlicio
to allure, entice, attract, persuade, influence