suaviolum

Latin

Etymology

From suāvium (“kiss”) +‎ -olum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su̯aːˈu̯i.o.lum/, [s̠u̯äːˈu̯iɔɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /swaˈvi.o.lum/, [swäˈviːolum]

Noun

suāviolum n (genitive suāviolī); second declension

1. diminutive of suāvium (“kiss”): little, or tender kiss

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	suāviolum	suāviola
genitive	suāviolī	suāviolōrum
dative	suāviolō	suāviolīs
accusative	suāviolum	suāviola
ablative	suāviolō	suāviolīs
vocative	suāviolum	suāviola

References

• “suaviolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suaviolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.