dulcedo

Latin

Etymology

dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -ēdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dulˈkeː.doː/, [d̪ʊɫ̪ˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dulˈt͡ʃe.do/, [d̪ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

Noun

dulcēdō f (genitive dulcēdinis); third declension

1. a sweet taste; sweetness (in taste)
2. (figuratively) pleasantness, pleasurableness, agreeableness, delightfulness, charm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

• (antonym(s) of “sweetness”): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritūdō, austēritās

Related terms

Related terms

• dulcacidus
• dulcātor
• dulcēscō
• dulcia
• dulciārius
• dulciculus
• dulcifer
• dulcificō
• dulciloquus
• dulcimodus
• dulcinervis
• dulciolum
• dulciōrelocus
• dulcis
• dulcisonōrus
• dulcisonus
• dulcitās
• dulciter
• dulcitūdō
• dulcō
• dulcor
• dulcōrō

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dulcedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.