dulciculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dulcis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin dulciculus

From dulcis (“sweet”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dʊɫˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [dul̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.ku.lus]

Adjective

dulciculus (feminine dulcicula, neuter dulciculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of dulcis: somewhat sweet, sweetish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dulciculus	dulcicula	dulciculum		dulciculī	dulciculae	dulcicula
genitive	dulciculī	dulciculae	dulciculī		dulciculōrum	dulciculārum	dulciculōrum
dative	dulciculō	dulciculae	dulciculō		dulciculīs
accusative	dulciculum	dulciculam	dulciculum		dulciculōs	dulciculās	dulcicula
ablative	dulciculō	dulciculā	dulciculō		dulciculīs
vocative	dulcicule	dulcicula	dulciculum		dulciculī	dulciculae	dulcicula

Related terms

• dulcacidus
• dulcātor
• dulcēdō
• dulcēscō
• dulcia
• dulciārius
• dulcifer
• dulcificō
• dulciloquus
• dulcimodus
• dulcinervis
• dulciolum
• dulciōrelocus
• dulcis
• dulcisonōrus
• dulcisonus
• dulcitās
• dulciter
• dulcitūdō
• dulcō
• dulcor
• dulcōrō

References

• “dulciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dulciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dulciculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.