dulciloquus

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) + loquor (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dulˈki.lo.kʷus/, [d̪ʊɫ̪ˈkɪɫ̪ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dulˈt͡ʃi.lo.kwus/, [d̪ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːlokwus]

Adjective

dulciloquus (feminine dulciloqua, neuter dulciloquum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) speaking sweetly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dulciloquus	dulciloqua	dulciloquum		dulciloquī	dulciloquae	dulciloqua
Genitive	dulciloquī	dulciloquae	dulciloquī		dulciloquōrum	dulciloquārum	dulciloquōrum
Dative	dulciloquō		dulciloquō		dulciloquīs
Accusative	dulciloquum	dulciloquam	dulciloquum		dulciloquōs	dulciloquās	dulciloqua
Ablative	dulciloquō	dulciloquā	dulciloquō		dulciloquīs
Vocative	dulciloque	dulciloqua	dulciloquum		dulciloquī	dulciloquae	dulciloqua

Synonyms

• (speaking sweetly): dulciōrelocus

Related terms

Related terms

• dulcacidus
• dulcātor
• dulcēdō
• dulcēscō
• dulcia
• dulciārius

• dulciculus
• dulcifer
• dulcificō
• dulcimodus
• dulcinervis
• dulciolum

• dulciōrelocus
• dulcis
• dulcisonōrus
• dulcisonus
• dulcitās

• dulciter
• dulcitūdō
• dulcō
• dulcor
• dulcōrō

Descendants

• Portuguese: dulcíloquo

References

• “dulciloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dulciloquus 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)
• dulciloquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.