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dulcedo
dulcedo
Latin
Noun
dulcēdō f (genitive dulcēdinis); third declension
- a sweet taste; sweetness (in taste)
- (figuratively) pleasantness, pleasurableness, agreeableness, delightfulness, charm
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dulcēdō | dulcēdinēs |
| genitive | dulcēdinis | dulcēdinum |
| dative | dulcēdinī | dulcēdinibus |
| accusative | dulcēdinem | dulcēdinēs |
| ablative | dulcēdine | dulcēdinibus |
| vocative | dulcēdō | dulcēdinēs |
Synonyms
- (agreeableness, charm): amoenitās, dulcitūdō, iūcunditās, lepor
- (sweetness): dulcāmen (Medieval Latin), dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās
Antonyms
- (sweetness): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritūdō, austēritās
Related terms
Related terms
References
- dulcedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dulcedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DULCEDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dulcedo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.