insuavis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ suāvis (“pleasant”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnsuāvis (neuter īnsuāve, comparative īnsuāvior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. unpleasant, disagreeable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative īnsuāvis īnsuāve īnsuāvēs īnsuāvia
genitive īnsuāvis īnsuāvium
dative īnsuāvī īnsuāvibus
accusative īnsuāvem īnsuāve īnsuāvīs
īnsuāvēs 		īnsuāvia
ablative īnsuāvī īnsuāvibus
vocative īnsuāvis īnsuāve īnsuāvēs īnsuāvia

Descendants

  • → Italian: insuave, insoave (semi-learned)

References

  • “insuavis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insuavis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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