suasum

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *swarssom, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”). Ultimately related to sordeō.[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /suˈaː.sum/, [s̠uˈäːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]

Noun

suāsum n (genitive suāsī); second declension

  1. A dirty grey color
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case 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) IPA(key): /suˈaː.sum/, [s̠uˈäːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]

Noun

suāsum n (genitive suāsī); second declension

  1. a persuasive voice
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative suāsum suāsa
Genitive suāsī suāsōrum
Dative suāsō suāsīs
Accusative suāsum suāsa
Ablative suāsō suāsīs
Vocative suāsum suāsa

Participle

suāsum

  1. inflection of suāsus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. 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.
  1. 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.
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