LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

suāvitūdō

suāvitūdō f (genitive suāvitūdinis)

Meaning

  1. sweetness, delight, agreeableness, pleasantness
  2. figurativelysweetness, sweet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesuāvitūdōsuāvitūdinēs
genitivesuāvitūdinissuāvitūdinum
dativesuāvitūdinīsuāvitūdinibus
accusativesuāvitūdinemsuāvitūdinēs
ablativesuāvitūdinesuāvitūdinibus
vocativesuāvitūdōsuāvitūdinēs

suāvĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. suavis,
I. sweetness, pleasantness, agreeableness, delight (very rare for the class. suavitas): cor meum, spes mea, mel meum, suavitudo, cibus, gaudium, my sweet, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 173, 3; id. Stich. 5, 5, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 173, 5 (Com. Fragm. v. 110): pronuntiationis, Auct. Her. 3, 12, 22.—Plur.: suavitudinum mollitie capti, Lact. 6, 22, 5.

Origins

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

Latin -tūdō Latin suāvitūdō From suāvis + -tūdō.

Descendants
  • Englishsuavitude

In English words that came into English from suāvitūdō

  • suavitudesuāvitūdō

Quick answers

What does suāvitūdō mean in Latin?
suāvitūdō, a noun, means “sweetness, delight, agreeableness, pleasantness; sweetness, sweet”.
What is the genitive of suāvitūdō?
The genitive singular is suāvitūdinis. suāvitūdō is feminine, third declension.
Where does suāvitūdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- → Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus → Proto-Italic *suādwus → Proto-Italic *swāwis → Latin suāvitūdō.