dulcitudo

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dul.kiˈtuː.doː/, [d̪ʊɫ̪kɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dul.t͡ʃiˈtu.do/, [d̪ul̠ʲt͡ʃiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

dulcitūdō f (genitive dulcitūdinis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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.