Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dulcia (sweet cakes) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dulciārius (feminine dulciāria, neuter dulciārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to confectionery.
  2. Making sweetmeats.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dulciārius dulciāria dulciārium dulciāriī dulciāriae dulciāria
Genitive dulciāriī dulciāriae dulciāriī dulciāriōrum dulciāriārum dulciāriōrum
Dative dulciāriō dulciāriō dulciāriīs
Accusative dulciārium dulciāriam dulciārium dulciāriōs dulciāriās dulciāria
Ablative dulciāriō dulciāriā dulciāriō dulciāriīs
Vocative dulciārie dulciāria dulciārium dulciāriī dulciāriae dulciāria

Related terms edit

Noun edit

dulciārius m (genitive dulciāriī or dulciārī); second declension

  1. confectioner, pastry cook

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dulciārius dulciāriī
Genitive dulciāriī
dulciārī1
dulciāriōrum
Dative dulciāriō dulciāriīs
Accusative dulciārium dulciāriōs
Ablative dulciāriō dulciāriīs
Vocative dulciārie dulciāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References edit

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