dulcamen
Latin
Etymology
From dulcō (“I sweeten”, stem with thematic vowel: dulcā-) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dulˈkaː.men/, [d̪ʊɫ̪ˈkäːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dulˈka.men/, [d̪ulˈkäːmen]
Noun
dulcāmen n (genitive dulcāminis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) Synonym of dulcēdō
- 996–1015, Dudo super congregationem S. Quintini Decani (author), Andreas Duchesnius Turonensis (editor), De moribus et actis primorum Normanniæ ducum, libri III in Hiſtoriæ Normannorum ſcriptores antiqui (1619), Preface, “Adlocutio ad librum”, lines 1–6, pages 56d–57a:
- Temate pertenui quoniam digeſtus haberis, // Rhetorica ratione carens dulcaminis omni, // Liber, interno cùm te perſcrutor ocello; // Ægrè fert animus quòd vulgo ducere geſtis // Quæ digeſta ſtylo nequicquam ſcemata noſtro, // Et ſubſannêris tumido vafróque tumultus.
- ibidem, book III, page 117d:
- Multimodis illum ſermonibus libenter inſignibant, & mellifluo Palatinæ ſermocinationis dulcamine erudiebant.
- 996–1015, Dudo super congregationem S. Quintini Decani (author), Andreas Duchesnius Turonensis (editor), De moribus et actis primorum Normanniæ ducum, libri III in Hiſtoriæ Normannorum ſcriptores antiqui (1619), Preface, “Adlocutio ad librum”, lines 1–6, pages 56d–57a:
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dulcāmen | dulcāmina |
| Genitive | dulcāminis | *dulcāminum |
| Dative | *dulcāminī | *dulcāminibus |
| Accusative | dulcāmen | dulcāmina |
| Ablative | dulcāmine | *dulcāminibus |
| Vocative | dulcāmen | dulcāmina |
References
- dulcamen 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)