dis-suādĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a.—A pub. law t. t., to advise against, dissuade, oppose by argument, resist a proposition.
I Prop. (class.).
α With acc.: quis enim umquam tam secunda contione legem agrariam suasit, quam ego dissuasi? Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101; so, legem, Vell. 2, 32: pacem, Liv. 30, 37: poenam suam, Tac. A. 13, 26 et saep.—
β With acc. and inf.: qui non modo non censuerit captivos remittendos, verum etiam dissuaserit, Cic. Off. 3, 27, 101.—
γ With de : cum praesertim (senatum) de captivis dissuasurus esset, Cic. Off. 3, 30, 110.—
δ With ne : dissuasuri, ne hanc legem accipiatis, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10, 4; Gell. 7, 2, 10.—
ε With inf.: societatem cum rege Pyrrho inire dissuasit, Suet. Tib. 2.—
ζ Absol. : (C. Papirius) cum ferret legem de tribunis plebis reficiendis, dissuasimus nos, Cic. Lael. 25, 96; * Caes. B. G. 7, 15 fin. ; Vell. 2, 31 fin. ; Quint. 2, 4, 33 al.—
II Transf. beyond the public sphere: quod dissuadetur placet, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 44; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 10: certum studiorum facere delectum nemo dissuaserit, Quint. 2, 8, 7; so with acc. and inf., id. 4, 2, 121; and absol. , Plaut. As. 5, 2, 81; Suet. Aug. 8; Ov. M. 1, 619; 2, 53.