dissuade Copy link Outline 1. dissuādeo, si, sum, 2 (with ne; in late writers inf.2. dĕhortor, 1 (with ne and subj.3. expr. by suādeo, hortor, and negative words4. āvŏco, abstrăho, etc.5. dēpello, pŭli, pulsum, 3 • dissuade: 1. dissuādeo, si, sum, 2 (with ne; in late writers inf.: also direct acc. of thing dissuaded from): to d. your acceptance of a law, d. ne hanc legem accipiatis, Gracch. in Cic.: to d. dying, d. mori, Sen.: to d. the passing of a law, legem d., Cic. 2. dĕhortor, 1 (with ne and subj.: also inf., or abl. with a, ab): to d. any one from giving, d. aliquem ne det, Ter.; with inf., Cato: Tac.: to d. from any course, d. ab aliqua re, Sall.: v. to discourage (II.). 3. expr. by suādeo, hortor, and negative words: he d.d the king very strongly from declaring war, *regi vehementissime suasit ne bellum indiceret: v. to advise. 4. āvŏco, abstrăho, etc.: v. to divert. 5. dēpello, pŭli, pulsum, 3: to d. a person from (carrying out) what he has undertaken, aliquem de suscepta causa d., Cic.: he could not d. her from, d. eam non potuit quin, etc., Tac.