suavium

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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/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.vi.um/,

Noun

suāvium n (genitive suāviī or suāvī); second declension

a kiss
a sweetheart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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.

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