suavium

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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suāvis +‎ -ium; the loss of the first /u̯/ in the form sāvium is is due to dissimilation (as in sāvillum, variant of suāvillum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suāvium n (genitive suāviī or suāvī); second declension

  1. a kiss
  2. a sweetheart

Declension

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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

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  • 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.