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suavis

suavis

Latin

Adjective

suāvis m, f ‎(neuter suāve); third declension

sweet, pleasant

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	suāvis	suāve		suāvēs	suāvia
genitive	suāvis			suāvium
dative	suāvī			suāvibus
accusative	suāvem	suāve		suāvēs	suāvia
ablative	suāvī			suāvibus
vocative	suāvis	suāve		suāvēs	suāvia

Derived terms

Descendants

English: suave
French: suave
Italian: soave
Old French: soef
Portuguese: suave
Spanish: suave

References

suavis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
suavis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “suavis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.