saporem

Saporem is the accusative singular form of the Latin noun sapor, which means taste, flavor, or sense of taste. The base noun sapor is masculine and belongs to the third declension. Its standard paradigm is: singular: nom sapor, gen saporis, dat sapori, acc saporem, abl sapore; plural: nom sapores, gen saporum, dat saporibus, acc sapores, abl saporibus. The form saporem is used whenever the noun denotes the direct object of a verb or in noun phrases that express “the flavor of” something, often with a following genitive to specify the thing tasted (for example, saporem vini “the taste of wine”).

Beyond its literal sense, sapor can be employed figuratively to denote the distinctive character, appeal, or relish of something, and saporem can appear in various stylistic contexts in Classical Latin poetry and prose. The accusative form saporem is thus primarily a syntactic function marker, signaling the object or the extent of a described flavor or quality.

In modern usage, saporem is of interest mainly to students and scholars studying Latin grammar, philology, or historical texts. Its legacy survives in related Romance-language words such as Italian sapore and Spanish sabor, which descend from the same Latin root. See also sapor and gustus. References for further study include standard Latin dictionaries such as Lewis and Short.