suavium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

suāvis +‎ -ium

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu̯aː.u̯i.um/, [ˈs̠u̯äːu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈswa.vi.um/, [ˈswäːvium]

Noun

suāvium n (genitive suāviī or suāvī); second declension

  1. a kiss
  2. a sweetheart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case 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
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