dulcor
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]dulcor (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of dulcour
- 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […], Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:
- Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.
- 1607, I[ohn] C[arpenter], The Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough. Containing the Godly and Spirituall Husbandrie. Wherein Euery Christian Ought to be Exercised, for the Happie Encrease of Fruite, to Eternall Life., London: […] Thomas Creede, page 164:
- Honie in thankſgiuing, ſweetning the minde with the dulcor of diuine benefites: […]
- 1675, Gideon Harvey, The Disease of London: or A New Discovery of the Scorvey. […], London: […] T. James, for W. Thackery, page 90:
- By the way, you muſt not apprehend the Blood to decline to the ſame Degree of Acidity Vinegar is of; for that muſt neceſſarily Infer a Total extinction of the Dogmatick Innate and Influent heat; but that it only recedes from its Dulcor and Sweetneſs, to a Crude Auſterity and ſome ſmall Acidity.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdul.kor/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪kɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdul.kor/, [ˈd̪ulkor]
Noun
[edit]dulcor m (genitive dulcōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dulcor | dulcōrēs |
Genitive | dulcōris | dulcōrum |
Dative | dulcōrī | dulcōribus |
Accusative | dulcōrem | dulcōrēs |
Ablative | dulcōre | dulcōribus |
Vocative | dulcor | dulcōrēs |
Synonyms
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[edit]- (antonym(s) of “sweetness”): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritūdō, amāror, austēritās
Derived terms
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “dulcor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dulcor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dulcor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.