dulcamarus

Latin

Etymology

dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ amārus (“bitter”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /duːl.kaˈmaː.rus/, [duːɫ.kaˈmaː.rʊs]

Adjective

dūlcamārus (feminine dūlcamāra, neuter dūlcamārum); first/second declension

  1. both sweet and bitter, bittersweet
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Plautus to this entry?)

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dūlcamārus dūlcamāra dūlcamārum dūlcamārī dūlcamārae dūlcamāra
Genitive dūlcamārī dūlcamārae dūlcamārī dūlcamārōrum dūlcamārārum dūlcamārōrum
Dative dūlcamārō dūlcamārae dūlcamārō dūlcamārīs dūlcamārīs dūlcamārīs
Accusative dūlcamārum dūlcamāram dūlcamārum dūlcamārōs dūlcamārās dūlcamāra
Ablative dūlcamārō dūlcamārā dūlcamārō dūlcamārīs dūlcamārīs dūlcamārīs
Vocative dūlcamāre dūlcamāra dūlcamārum dūlcamārī dūlcamārae dūlcamāra

References
  • “dūlcămārus” on page 442/1 of Louis-Marie Quicherat’s and Amédée Gaston Daveluy’s Dictionnaire Latin-Français: Nouvelle édition, revisée, corrigée et augmentée par Émile Chatelain (42nd ed., 1899)
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