dulcitas

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.ki.taːs/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪kɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.t͡ʃi.tas/, [ˈd̪ul̠ʲt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

dulcitās f (genitive dulcitātis); third declension

1. sweetness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dulcitās	dulcitātēs
Genitive	dulcitātis	dulcitātum
Dative	dulcitātī	dulcitātibus
Accusative	dulcitātem	dulcitātēs
Ablative	dulcitāte	dulcitātibus
Vocative	dulcitās	dulcitātēs

Synonyms

• (sweetness): dulcēdō, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās

Antonyms

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

Related terms

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → English: dulcity

References

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