suavium
Latin
Alternative forms
- (older) sāvium n
Etymology
suāvis + -ium; the reduction of labialized /sʷ/ to /s/ in the form sāvium is is due to dissimilation (as in sāvillum, variant of suāvillum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʷaː.wi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsʷaː.vi.um]
Noun
suāvium n (genitive suāviī or suāvī); second declension
- a kiss
- a sweetheart
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suāvium | suāvia |
| genitive | suāviī suāvī1 |
suāviōrum |
| dative | suāviō | suāviīs |
| accusative | suāvium | suāvia |
| ablative | suāviō | suāviīs |
| vocative | suāvium | suāvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “suavium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suavium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suavium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.