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Latin
Etymology
From suāvis (“sweet”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
suāvitās f (genitive suāvitātis); third declension
- (appealing to the senses) sweetness (of taste); melodiousness, tunefulness (of sound); attractiveness (of appearance)
- (appealing to the mind or feelings) pleasantness, agreeableness, charm, attractiveness, sweetness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (agreeableness, charm): amoenitās, dulcēdō, dulcitūdō, iūcunditās, lepor
- (sweetness of taste): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia
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References
- “suavitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suavitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suavitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the charms of spring: suavitas verni temporis