adverb
suāviter
suāviter (comparative suāvius, superlative suāvissimē)
Classical[ˈsʷaː.wɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsʷaː.vi.ter]
Meaning
- sweetly, pleasantly
suāvĭter, adv., v. suavis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
suāviter adv. with comp. and sup.
suavis.— To the senses, sweetly, pleasantly, delightfully : sensibus blandiri: dicere.—Fig., to the mind, agreeably, attractively, delightfully, pleasantly : secunda meminisse: suavissime scriptae litterae: victurus suavius, ac si, etc., H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
- Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
- Proto-Italic*suādwus
- Proto-Italic*swāwis
- Latinsuāviter
Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin suāviter From suāvis + -ter.