suasoria

Latin

Etymology

From suāsōr through suāsōrius.

Pronunciation

Noun

suāsōria f (genitive suāsōriae); first declension

  1. A type of declamatio (a rhetorical exercise) that is deliberative or suasory
    • c. 102 CE, Tacitus, Dialogus de oratoribus 35:
      Nempe enim duō genera māteriārum apud rhētorās tractantur, suāsōriae et contrōversiae.
      Yes, indeed, two kinds of subjects are discussed by rhetoricians: suasory, and disputing declamations.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative suāsōria suāsōriae
genitive suāsōriae suāsōriārum
dative suāsōriae suāsōriīs
accusative suāsōriam suāsōriās
ablative suāsōriā suāsōriīs
vocative suāsōria suāsōriae

References

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