LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

suāvisonus

suāvisonus (feminine suāvisona, neuter suāvisonum)
Classical[sʷaːˈwɪ.sɔ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[sʷaˈviː.s̬o.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesweetly sounding

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuāvisonussuāvisonasuāvisonum
genitivesuāvisonīsuāvisonaesuāvisonī
dativesuāvisonōsuāvisonaesuāvisonō
accusativesuāvisonumsuāvisonamsuāvisonum
ablativesuāvisonōsuāvisonāsuāvisonō
vocativesuāvisonesuāvisonasuāvisonum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuāvisonīsuāvisonaesuāvisona
genitivesuāvisonōrumsuāvisonārumsuāvisonōrum
dativesuāvisonīssuāvisonīssuāvisonīs
accusativesuāvisonōssuāvisonāssuāvisona
ablativesuāvisonīssuāvisonīssuāvisonīs
vocativesuāvisonīsuāvisonaesuāvisona

suāvĭsŏnus, a, um, adj. suavis-sono,
I. sweet-sounding: echo, Att. Fragm. Tr. v. 572: Melos, Naev. Fragm. Trag. v. 25.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
  3. Proto-Italic*suādwus
  4. Proto-Italic*swāwis
  5. Latinsuāvisonus

Latin -sonus Latin suāvisonus From suāvis (“sweet”) + -sonus (“sounding”).

Quick answers

What does suāvisonus mean in Latin?
suāvisonus, a adjective, means “sweetly sounding”.
How do you pronounce suāvisonus?
In classical Latin, [sʷaːˈwɪ.sɔ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sʷaˈviː.s̬o.nus].
Where does suāvisonus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- → Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus → Proto-Italic *suādwus → Proto-Italic *swāwis → Latin suāvisonus.