dulcedo Latin · revision 31741

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd–1st century BC, Laevius|origins=itc-pro *dulkwis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dʊɫˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [dul̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dulcēdō''' ''f'' (genitive dulcēdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dulcis|-ēdō|t1=sweet]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The adjective [[m|la|dulcis]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*dulkwis|t=sweet]].^(de Vaan 2008) It is usually compared with [[grc|γλυκύς|tr=glukús|t=sweet]], but de Vaan finds the explanation of the sounds of both words ad hoc.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Laevius,^(Köbler 2010) who has a concrete plural, apparently of the love charm taken from foals.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense, sweetness of taste, is rare: Vitruvius uses it of sweet river water and Pliny the Elder of a bitter root with some sweetness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Far more often it is the pleasantness or charm of something, as Cicero's pleasure that moves the senses with the greatest sweetness, and the pleasure taken in an action, as in Livy's “the plebeians took a liking to electing their own men”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Grattius uses it apparently of an itch.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “sweetness, goodness”; in medieval texts it also means kindness, affection or love.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd–1st century BC – Laevius in a concrete sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the charm of pleasure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the pleasure of an action.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – Kindness, affection.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|sweetness|alt=Sweetness]] of taste.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Pleasantness, [[m|en|charm]], delight; the pleasure of doing something.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|kindness|alt=Kindness]], affection, love.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dulcēscō]]

+ * [[dulcia]]

+ * [[dulciārius]]

+ * [[dulciculus]]

+ * [[dulcifer]]

+ * [[dulcificō]]

+ * [[dulcis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}