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
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
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “sweetness”): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritūdō, austēritās
Related terms
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.