LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dulcitūdō

dulcitūdō f (genitive dulcitūdinis)
Classical[dʊɫ.kɪˈtuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[dul̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈtuː.do]

Meaning

  1. sweetness
  2. figurativelypleasantness, pleasurableness, agreeableness, delightfulness, charm

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedulcitūdōdulcitūdinēs
genitivedulcitūdinisdulcitūdinum
dativedulcitūdinīdulcitūdinibus
accusativedulcitūdinemdulcitūdinēs
ablativedulcitūdinedulcitūdinibus
vocativedulcitūdōdulcitūdinēs

dulcĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. dulcis,
I. sweetness (very rare).
I. Lit.: gustatus, qui dulcitudine praeter ceteros sensus commovetur, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99.—
II. Trop., pleasantness, agreeableness, charm: usurarum, Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 10: CVM QVA VIXIT ANNIS XIII. CVM MAGNA DVLCITVDINE, in great tenderness (acc. to dulcis, II. B.), Inscr. Grut. 752, 3; so Inscr. Fabr. 250, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Latin dulcitūdō From dulcis (“sweet”) + -tūdō.

Descendants
  • Englishdulcitude
  • Italiandolcitudine
  • Spanishdulcedumbre
  • Old Galician-Portuguesedulçedũe

In English words that came into English from dulcitūdō

  • dulcitudedulcitūdō

Quick answers

What does dulcitūdō mean in Latin?
dulcitūdō, a noun, means “sweetness; pleasantness, pleasurableness, agreeableness, delightfulness, charm”.
What is the genitive of dulcitūdō?
The genitive singular is dulcitūdinis. dulcitūdō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dulcitūdō?
In classical Latin, [dʊɫ.kɪˈtuː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dul̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈtuː.do].