savium
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *swāwiom. The first /w/ was dissimilated. Ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.wi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.vi.um]
Noun
sāvium n (genitive sāviī or sāvī); second declension
- alternative form of suāvium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sāvium | sāvia |
| genitive | sāviī sāvī1 |
sāviōrum |
| dative | sāviō | sāviīs |
| accusative | sāvium | sāvia |
| ablative | sāviō | sāviīs |
| vocative | sāvium | sāvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “savium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN