suavior

Latin

Alternative forms

• sāvior
• suāvio

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin suāvium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin suāvior

From suāvium + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʷaː.wi.ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsʷaː.vi.or]

Verb

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

1. to kiss

   Synonyms: bāsiō, ōsculor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of suāvior (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suāvior		suāviāris, suāviāre		suāviātur		suāviāmur		suāviāminī		suāviantur
	imperfect	suāviābar		suāviābāris, suāviābāre		suāviābātur		suāviābāmur		suāviābāminī		suāviābantur
	future	suāviābor		suāviāberis, suāviābere		suāviābitur		suāviābimur		suāviābiminī		suāviābuntur
	perfect	suāviātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suāviātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suāviātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suāvier		suāviēris, suāviēre		suāviētur		suāviēmur		suāviēminī		suāvientur
	imperfect	suāviārer		suāviārēris, suāviārēre		suāviārētur		suāviārēmur		suāviārēminī		suāviārentur
	perfect	suāviātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suāviātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		suāviāre		—		—		suāviāminī		—
	future	—		suāviātor		suāviātor		—		—		suāviantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		suāviārī			—			suāviāns			—
future		suāviātūrum esse			—			suāviātūrus			suāviandus
perfect		suāviātum esse			—			suāviātus			—
future perfect		suāviātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		suāviātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		suāviandī		suāviandō		suāviandum		suāviandō		suāviātum		suāviātū

Derived terms

• suāviātiō

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: assuègier

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus

Proto-Italic *suādwus

Proto-Italic *swāwis

Latin suāvis

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Italic *-jōs

Latin -ior

Latin suāvior

From suāvis + -ior.

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 [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon]‎^[1] (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.