suasum

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈa.sum/, [suˈäːs̬um]

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

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈa.sum/, [suˈäːs̬um]

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.