the Roman personification of persuasion, the Greek Peitho (Πειθώ). She is also called by the diminutive Suadela. (Hor. Ep. 1.6. 38 ; Cic. Brut. 15, Cut. Maj. 11.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890