suavis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *swādwis, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dwih₂-, from *swéh₂dus. The associated verb suādeō retained the original d. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), English sweet, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādu).
Pronunciation
Adjective
suāvis (neuter suāve, comparative suāvior, superlative suāvissimus, adverb suāvē or suāviter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | suāvis | suāve | suāvēs | suāvia | |
Genitive | suāvis | suāvium | |||
Dative | suāvī | suāvibus | |||
Accusative | suāvem | suāve | suāvēs suāvīs |
suāvia | |
Ablative | suāvī | suāvibus | |||
Vocative | suāvis | suāve | suāvēs | suāvia |
Descendants
References
- suavis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suavis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suavis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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