insuavis

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ suāvis (“pleasant”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.suˈaː.u̯is/, [ĩːs̠uˈäːu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.suˈa.vis/, [insuˈäːvis]

Adjective

īnsuāvis (neuter īnsuāve, comparative īnsuāvior); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unpleasant, disagreeable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	īnsuāvis	īnsuāve		īnsuāvēs	īnsuāvia
Genitive	īnsuāvis			īnsuāvium
Dative	īnsuāvī			īnsuāvibus
Accusative	īnsuāvem	īnsuāve		īnsuāvēs īnsuāvīs	īnsuāvia
Ablative	īnsuāvī			īnsuāvibus
Vocative	īnsuāvis	īnsuāve		īnsuāvēs	īnsuāvia

References

• “insuavis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insuavis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers