suavior

suavior

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

    From suāvium + -or.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    1. to kiss
      Synonyms: bāsiō, ōsculor
    Conjugation
    Derived terms
    • suāviātiō
    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 [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.