dulciloquus
Latin
Etymology
From dulcis (“sweet”) + loquor (“speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dʊɫˈkɪ.ɫɔ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.lo.kʷus]
Adjective
dulciloquus (feminine dulciloqua, neuter dulciloquum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | dulciloquus | dulciloqua | dulciloquum | dulciloquī | dulciloquae | dulciloqua | |
| genitive | dulciloquī | dulciloquae | dulciloquī | dulciloquōrum | dulciloquārum | dulciloquōrum | |
| dative | dulciloquō | dulciloquae | dulciloquō | dulciloquīs | |||
| accusative | dulciloquum | dulciloquam | dulciloquum | dulciloquōs | dulciloquās | dulciloqua | |
| ablative | dulciloquō | dulciloquā | dulciloquō | dulciloquīs | |||
| vocative | dulciloque | dulciloqua | dulciloquum | dulciloquī | dulciloquae | dulciloqua | |
Synonyms
- (speaking sweetly): dulciōrelocus
Related terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: dulcíloquo
References
- “dulciloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "dulciloquus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dulciloquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.