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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu̯aː.u̯i.um/, [ˈs̠u̯äːu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.vi.um/, [ˈswäːvium]

Noun

suāvium n (genitive suāviī or suāvī); second declension

1. a kiss
2. a sweetheart

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).

Synonyms

• (kiss): bāsium n, ōsculum n

Derived terms

• suāvior

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.