suavis

Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *swādwis, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dwih₂-, from *swéh₂dus. The associated verb suādeō retained the original d. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), English sweet, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādu), Albanian shije.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu̯aː.u̯is/, [ˈs̠u̯äːu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.vis/, [ˈswäːvis]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈaː.u̯is/, [s̠uˈäːu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈa.vis/, [suˈäːvis] (sometimes in poetry)

Adjective

suāvis (neuter suāve, comparative suāvior, superlative suāvissimus, adverb suāvē or suāviter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. sweet, pleasant, delicious

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	suāvis	suāve		suāvēs	suāvia
Genitive	suāvis			suāvium
Dative	suāvī			suāvibus
Accusative	suāvem	suāve		suāvēs suāvīs	suāvia
Ablative	suāvī			suāvibus
Vocative	suāvis	suāve		suāvēs	suāvia

Derived terms

• suāve
• suāvillum
• suāvitās
• suāviter
• suāvium

Descendants

• Catalan: suau
• English: suave
• French: suave
• Italian: soave
• Old French: soef
• Portuguese: suave
• Spanish: suave

References

• “suavis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suavis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suavis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.