dulcitas

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdʊɫ.kɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ul̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.t̪as]

Noun

dulcitās f (genitive dulcitātis); third declension

1. sweetness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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

• 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.