LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

dūlcamārus

dūlcamārus (feminine dūlcamāra, neuter dūlcamārum)
Classical[duːɫ.kaˈmaː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[dul.kaˈmaː.rus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveboth sweet and bitter, bittersweet

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedūlcamārusdūlcamāradūlcamārum
genitivedūlcamārīdūlcamāraedūlcamārī
dativedūlcamārōdūlcamāraedūlcamārō
accusativedūlcamārumdūlcamāramdūlcamārum
ablativedūlcamārōdūlcamārādūlcamārō
vocativedūlcamāredūlcamāradūlcamārum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedūlcamārīdūlcamāraedūlcamāra
genitivedūlcamārōrumdūlcamārārumdūlcamārōrum
dativedūlcamārīsdūlcamārīsdūlcamārīs
accusativedūlcamārōsdūlcamārāsdūlcamāra
ablativedūlcamārīsdūlcamārīsdūlcamārīs
vocativedūlcamārīdūlcamāraedūlcamāra

Origins

From dulcis (“sweet”) + amārus (“bitter”).

Descendants
  • Englishdulcamara
  • Italiandulcamara
  • Portuguesedulcamara
  • Spanishdulcamara

Quick answers

What does dūlcamārus mean in Latin?
dūlcamārus, a adjective, means “both sweet and bitter, bittersweet”.
How do you pronounce dūlcamārus?
In classical Latin, [duːɫ.kaˈmaː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dul.kaˈmaː.rus].