dulcis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús), Old Armenian քաղցր (kʻałcʻr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdul.kis/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪kɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdul.t͡ʃis/, [ˈd̪ul̠ʲt͡ʃis]
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Adjective
dulcis (neuter dulce, comparative dulcior, superlative dulcissimus, adverb dulcē or dulciter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (of taste) sweet
- 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 157.1:
- omnia ad salutem temperat conmutatque sese semper cum calore arida simul et umida et dulcis et amara et acris
- It has all the virtues necessary for health, and constantly changes its nature along with the heat, being moist and dry, sweet, bitter, and acid.
- omnia ad salutem temperat conmutatque sese semper cum calore arida simul et umida et dulcis et amara et acris
- sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant
- sweet-sounding, melodic, melodious, tuneful
- (figuratively) agreeable, delightful, pleasant, soft, sweet
- Phædrus, Fabulae 7.1:
- Quam dulcis sit lībertās breviter prōloquar.
- Let me declare briefly how sweet freedom is.
- Quam dulcis sit lībertās breviter prōloquar.
- (figuratively, of persons) friendly, charming, kind, dear, pleasant, agreeable
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | dulcis | dulce | dulcēs | dulcia | |
Genitive | dulcis | dulcium | |||
Dative | dulcī | dulcibus | |||
Accusative | dulcem | dulce | dulcēs dulcīs |
dulcia | |
Ablative | dulcī | dulcibus | |||
Vocative | dulcis | dulce | dulcēs | dulcia |
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (sweet): amārus
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants
- Aromanian: dultsi
- Asturian: dulce
- Dalmatian: dolc
- Franco-Provençal: dôx, doç
- Old French: douz
- Friulian: dolç
- Istro-Romanian: duľțe
- Italian: dolce
- Neapolitan: doce
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Romanian: dulce
- Romansch: dultsch
- Sardinian: durche, durke
- Sicilian: duci, Sicilian: aruci
- Spanish: dulce
- Venetian: dólso, dolse
References
- “dulcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dulcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dulcis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.