dulcitudo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dulcĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [dulcis], 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.

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