suasoriam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →suasorius, suasoria, suasorium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
persuasive, seductive; concerned with advice/counseling;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →suasoria, suasoriae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
hortatory/persuasive speech; rhetorical exercise giving history based advice;
acc. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...apparebat, ab extemporali declamatione nescio cuius, qui Agamemnonis suasoriam exceperat. Dum ergo iuvenes sententias rident ordinemque totius dictionis..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pertinentibus principiis orsus est. X. Sed nunc ad suasoriam: in qua, etiam cum prohoemio utemur, breviore tamen..."
