suavior

Latin

Alternative forms

• sāvior

Etymology 1

From suāvium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu̯aː.u̯i.or/, [ˈs̠u̯äːu̯iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.vi.or/, [ˈswäːvior]

Verb

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

1. to kiss

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suāviārī	suāviātum esse	suāviātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		suāviāns	suāviātus	suāviātūrus	—	—	suāviandus
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

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

Adjective

suāvior (neuter suāvius); third declension

1. comparative degree of suāvis

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	suāvior	suāvius		suāviōrēs	suāviōra
Genitive	suāviōris			suāviōrum
Dative	suāviōrī			suāviōribus
Accusative	suāviōrem	suāvius		suāviōrēs	suāviōra
Ablative	suāviōre			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] (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.