suasum
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *swarssom, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”). Ultimately related to sordeō.[1]
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [suˈaː.sũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [suˈaː.s̬um]
Noun
suāsum n (genitive suāsī); second declension
- A dirty grey color
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suāsum | suāsa |
| genitive | suāsī | suāsōrum |
| dative | suāsō | suāsīs |
| accusative | suāsum | suāsa |
| ablative | suāsō | suāsīs |
| vocative | suāsum | suāsa |
Etymology 2
From suāsus.
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [suˈaː.sũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [suˈaː.s̬um]
Noun
suāsum n (genitive suāsī); second declension
- a persuasive voice
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suāsum | suāsa |
| genitive | suāsī | suāsōrum |
| dative | suāsō | suāsīs |
| accusative | suāsum | suāsa |
| ablative | suāsō | suāsīs |
| vocative | suāsum | suāsa |
Participle
suāsum
- inflection of suāsus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “suasum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suasum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594.