dulcifer
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dulcis (“sweet”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdul.ki.fer/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪kɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdul.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈd̪ul̠ʲt͡ʃifer]
Adjective[edit]
dulcifer (feminine dulcifera, neuter dulciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | dulcifer | dulcifera | dulciferum | dulciferī | dulciferae | dulcifera | |
Genitive | dulciferī | dulciferae | dulciferī | dulciferōrum | dulciferārum | dulciferōrum | |
Dative | dulciferō | dulciferō | dulciferīs | ||||
Accusative | dulciferum | dulciferam | dulciferum | dulciferōs | dulciferās | dulcifera | |
Ablative | dulciferō | dulciferā | dulciferō | dulciferīs | |||
Vocative | dulcifer | dulcifera | dulciferum | dulciferī | dulciferae | dulcifera |
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “sweet”): amārus
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
Descendants[edit]
- Portuguese: dulcífero
References[edit]
- “dulcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dulcifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.