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dulcēdo , ĭnis, f. dulcis,
I.sweetness.
I. Lit., a sweet taste (rare): “radix amara cum quadam dulcedine,” Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66; Vulg. Exod. 15, 25.—Far more freq. and class.,
II. Trop., pleasantness, agreeableness, delightfulness, charm: “nimia aquarum,” Lucr. 6, 1266; cf.: “frugum et vini,” Liv. 5, 33: “vini,” Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 137: “aut aliquem fructum capiant dulcedinis almae (shortly before opp. dolor),” Lucr. 2, 971; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 13; 2, 34, 114; id. Leg. 1, 17 fin.; Verg. G. 1, 412; 4, 55: honoris et pecuniae, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2: avium (genit. obj.), Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 70: “agrariae legis,” Liv. 2, 42: “potestatis ejus,” id. 5, 6 fin.: “vitae,” Cels. 6, 6: “orationis,” Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. “vocis,” Ov. M. 1, 709: “gloriae,” Cic. Arch. 10, 24: “iracundiae,” id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2 fin.; cf. “irae,” Liv. 9, 14 fin.: “otii,” Tac. A. 1, 2: “amoris,” Verg. A. 11, 538 et saep.: “plebeios creandi,” Liv. 5, 13; cf. “praedandi,” id. 6, 41 fin.: “scabendi,” Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 90: “furandi,” id. 8, 57, 82, § 222 al.—In plur., Vitr. 7 praef.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 11.28.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.2.2
    • Cicero, For Archias, 10.24
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.709
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.538
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.412
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 15.25
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.preface
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.40
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.971
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1266
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.66
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.90
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 41
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.17
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 3.70
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