dulcēdo (noun F) : dulcis
* Sweetness.
* Lit., a sweet taste (rare): radix amara cum quadam dulcedine,Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66; Vulg. Exod. 15, 25.—Far more freq. and class.
* 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.

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