suavitas Latin · revision 32841

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sueh₂d-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsʷaː.wɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsʷaː.vi.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suāvitās''' ''f'' (genitive suāvitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|suāvis|-tās|t1=sweet, pleasant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|suāvis]] to [[itc-pro|*swādu-|t=sweet]] and [[ine-pro|*sueh₂d-u-|t=sweet]]: the old u-stem adjective was remade as an i-stem and lost its ⟨d⟩ before ⟨w⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[sa|स्वादु|tr=svādú-|t=sweet]], [[grc|ἡδύς|tr=hēdús|t=sweet, pleasant]] and [[ang|swēte]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's earliest quotation Plautus says that salted foods without it have no charm and no sweetness.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the quality of pleasing the senses: Plautus has the sweetness of fish, Cicero the fragrance of perfumes, the pleasing sound of letters and a certain charm of colour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it classical and frequent.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of the mind and feelings it is charm, attractiveness: Cicero says everyone ought to love a man for his outstanding charm.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it sweetness, goodness, pleasantness.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the sweetness of food.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of fragrance, sound, colour and charm of character.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|sweetness|alt=Sweetness]], pleasantness to the senses: of taste, smell, sound or appearance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|charm|alt=Charm]], attractiveness, agreeableness of a person or thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suāvis]]

+ * [[suadeo|alt=suādeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}