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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...apparebat, ab extemporali declamatione nescio cuius, qui Agamemnonis suasoriam exceperat. Dum ergo iuvenes sententias rident ordinemque totius dictionis..." - M
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..."
