dulco

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.koː/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.ko/, [ˈd̪ulko]

Verb

dulcō (present infinitive dulcāre, perfect active dulcāvī, supine dulcātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to sweeten

Conjugation

Conjugation of dulcō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dulcō	dulcās	dulcat	dulcāmus	dulcātis	dulcant
	imperfect	dulcābam	dulcābās	dulcābat	dulcābāmus	dulcābātis	dulcābant
	future	dulcābō	dulcābis	dulcābit	dulcābimus	dulcābitis	dulcābunt
	perfect	dulcāvī	dulcāvistī	dulcāvit	dulcāvimus	dulcāvistis	dulcāvērunt, dulcāvēre
	pluperfect	dulcāveram	dulcāverās	dulcāverat	dulcāverāmus	dulcāverātis	dulcāverant
	future perfect	dulcāverō	dulcāveris	dulcāverit	dulcāverimus	dulcāveritis	dulcāverint
passive	present	dulcor	dulcāris, dulcāre	dulcātur	dulcāmur	dulcāminī	dulcantur
	imperfect	dulcābar	dulcābāris, dulcābāre	dulcābātur	dulcābāmur	dulcābāminī	dulcābantur
	future	dulcābor	dulcāberis, dulcābere	dulcābitur	dulcābimur	dulcābiminī	dulcābuntur
	perfect	dulcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dulcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dulcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dulcem	dulcēs	dulcet	dulcēmus	dulcētis	dulcent
	imperfect	dulcārem	dulcārēs	dulcāret	dulcārēmus	dulcārētis	dulcārent
	perfect	dulcāverim	dulcāverīs	dulcāverit	dulcāverīmus	dulcāverītis	dulcāverint
	pluperfect	dulcāvissem	dulcāvissēs	dulcāvisset	dulcāvissēmus	dulcāvissētis	dulcāvissent
passive	present	dulcer	dulcēris, dulcēre	dulcētur	dulcēmur	dulcēminī	dulcentur
	imperfect	dulcārer	dulcārēris, dulcārēre	dulcārētur	dulcārēmur	dulcārēminī	dulcārentur
	perfect	dulcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dulcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dulcā	—	—	dulcāte	—
	future	—	dulcātō	dulcātō	—	dulcātōte	dulcantō
passive	present	—	dulcāre	—	—	dulcāminī	—
	future	—	dulcātor	dulcātor	—	—	dulcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dulcāre	dulcāvisse	dulcātūrum esse	dulcārī	dulcātum esse	dulcātum īrī
participles		dulcāns	—	dulcātūrus	—	dulcātus	dulcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dulcandī	dulcandō	dulcandum	dulcandō	dulcātum	dulcātū

Synonyms

• (sweeten): dulcificō, dulcōrō

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sweeten”): amāricō

Derived terms

• condulcō
• dulcāmen (Mediaeval Latin)
• dulcātor

Related terms

Related terms

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

References

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