dulcifer

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.ki.fer/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪kɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈd̪ul̠ʲt͡ʃifer]

Adjective

dulcifer (feminine dulcifera, neuter dulciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. containing sweetness, sweet

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dulcifer	dulcifera	dulciferum		dulciferī	dulciferae	dulcifera
genitive	dulciferī	dulciferae	dulciferī		dulciferōrum	dulciferārum	dulciferōrum
dative	dulciferō	dulciferae	dulciferō		dulciferīs
accusative	dulciferum	dulciferam	dulciferum		dulciferōs	dulciferās	dulcifera
ablative	dulciferō	dulciferā	dulciferō		dulciferīs
vocative	dulcifer	dulcifera	dulciferum		dulciferī	dulciferae	dulcifera

Synonyms

• (sweet): dulcis, suāvis

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sweet”): amārus

Related terms

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Portuguese: dulcífero

References

• “dulcifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dulcifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.