convincere aliquem alicujus rei or de aliqua re (to make good one’s position against anybody by invincible arguments): persuadere de re (persuade a man; induce him to believe it): cf., Instead of de re, persuadere takes the accusative, but only of a neuter pronoun: id, illud, quidquam, or unum, multa, etc. To convince anybody that, etc., convincere or persuadere with accusative and infinitive. To be convinced, that, etc., persuadetur or persuasum est mihi, tibi, etc. (☞ by no means persuadeor, or persuasus sum): sibi persuadere (to convince one’s self): I am convinced, mihi persuasi; mihi persuasum est, of anything, de aliqua re; persuasum habeo (Cic., Verr., 45, 25; but Zumpt strikes out persuasum and reads habent only) [☞ persuasum mihi habeo, Caes., B.G., 3, 2, being a somewhat doubtful reading, is better avoided; although Herzog seems to defend it satisfactorily]: I am fully convinced, mihi persuasissimum est; plane non dubito, quin, etc.; certe scio, with accusative and infinitive. Sometimes exploratum, perspectum, cognitum habere aliquid (to know it for certain): I can not be convinced, non possum adduci, ut credam: I would wish you to be convinced, that, etc., hoc tibi persuadeas velim; velim tibi ita persuadeas; sic volo te tibi persuadere: I hope you feel convinced that I shall do every thing, etc., illud cave dubites, quin ego omnia faciam. Not to be easily convinced, non facile adduci ad credendum (Nep.): you convince me that it is just as you say (in a letter), prorsus ita esse, ut scribis, mihi persuades: I earnestly wish to be convinced of the existence of the gods, deos esse persuaderi mihi - plane velim: I could never be convinced that the soul, etc., mihi numquam persuaderi potuit, animos, etc. All men are convinced, that you are as sound a lawyer as any man living, constat inter omnes neminem te juris peritiorem esse: [OBS. That hoc, sic, ita, are often used with persuadere, where to us they seem superfluous; e.g., having convinced himself that my letters, etc., cum sibi ita persuasisset, meas - litteras, etc.]