suavium
Latin
Alternative forms
- (older) sāvium n
Etymology
suāvis + -ium; the loss of the first /u̯/ in the form sāvium is is due to dissimilation (as in sāvillum, variant of suāvillum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu̯aː.u̯i.um/, [ˈs̠u̯äːu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈswa.vi.um/, [ˈswäːvium]
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).
Derived terms
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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