dulcitudo

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dʊɫ.kɪˈtuː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪ul̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈt̪uː.d̪o]

Noun

dulcitūdō f (genitive dulcitūdinis); third declension

1. sweetness
2. (figuratively) pleasantness, pleasurableness, agreeableness, delightfulness, charm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dulcitūdō	dulcitūdinēs
genitive	dulcitūdinis	dulcitūdinum
dative	dulcitūdinī	dulcitūdinibus
accusative	dulcitūdinem	dulcitūdinēs
ablative	dulcitūdine	dulcitūdinibus
vocative	dulcitūdō	dulcitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (agreeableness, charm): amoenitās, dulcēdō, iūcunditās, lepor
• (sweetness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, 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
• dulcitās
• dulciter
• dulcō
• dulcor
• dulcōrō

Descendants

• → English: dulcitude
• Italian: dolcitudine
• Old Galician-Portuguese: dulçedũe
• Spanish: dulcedumbre

References

• “dulcitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dulcitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dulcitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.