suavior

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From suāvium.

Pronunciation

Verb

suāvior (present infinitive suāviārī, perfect active suāviātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to kiss
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Franco-Provençal: assuègier

Etymology 2

Diachronically from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂d-(i)-yes-. Related to the above.

Adjective

suāvior (comparative, neuter suāvius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of suāvis
Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative suāvior suāvius suāviōrēs suāviōra
genitive suāviōris suāviōrum
dative suāviōrī suāviōribus
accusative suāviōrem suāvius suāviōrēs
suāviōrīs
suāviōra
ablative suāviōre
suāviōrī
suāviōribus
vocative suāvior suāvius suāviōrēs suāviōra

References

  • Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*su̯eh₂d-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 670–672
  • suavior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suavior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suavior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.