suasum

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”). Ultimately related to sordeō[1].

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /suˈaː.sum/, [sʊˈaː.sũ]

Noun

suāsum n (genitive suāsī); second declension

  1. A dirty grey color
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative suāsum suāsa
Genitive suāsī suāsōrum
Dative suāsō suāsīs
Accusative suāsum suāsa
Ablative suāsō suāsīs
Vocative suāsum suāsa

Etymology 2

From suāsus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /suˈaː.sum/, [sʊˈaː.sũ]

Noun

suāsum n (genitive suāsī); second declension

  1. a persuasive voice
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative suāsum suāsa
Genitive suāsī suāsōrum
Dative suāsō suāsīs
Accusative suāsum suāsa
Ablative suāsō suāsīs
Vocative suāsum suāsa

Participle

suāsum

  1. nominative neuter singular of suāsus
  2. accusative masculine singular of suāsus
  3. accusative neuter singular of suāsus
  4. vocative neuter singular of suāsus

References
  • suasum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suasum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 594.
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