"praedulcis" meaning in Latin

See praedulcis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [prae̯ˈdʊɫ.kɪs] [Classical-Latin], [preˈdul̠ʲ.t͡ʃis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From prae- + dulcis. Etymology templates: {{prefix|la|prae|dulcis}} prae- + dulcis Head templates: {{la-adj|praedulcis|adv=praedulce/praedulciter|comp=praedulcior|sup=praedulcissimus}} praedulcis (neuter praedulce, comparative praedulcior, superlative praedulcissimus, adverb praedulce or praedulciter); third-declension two-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|praedulcis}} Forms: praedulce [neuter], praedulcior [comparative], praedulcissimus [superlative], praedulce [adverb], praedulciter [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], praedulcis [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], praedulce [neuter, nominative, singular], praedulcēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], praedulcia [neuter, nominative, plural], praedulcis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], praedulcium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], praedulcī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], praedulcibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], praedulcem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], praedulce [accusative, neuter, singular], praedulcīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], praedulcēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], praedulcia [accusative, neuter, plural], praedulcī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], praedulcibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], praedulcis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], praedulce [neuter, singular, vocative], praedulcēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], praedulcia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (literally) very sweet, luscious Tags: declension-3, literally, two-termination
    Sense id: en-praedulcis-la-adj-Qtq3MHv0
  2. (figuratively) very pleasing or delightful Tags: declension-3, figuratively, two-termination
    Sense id: en-praedulcis-la-adj-IO1Lm~sl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with prae-, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with prae-: 18 82 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: praedulce, praedulcia, praedulcior, praedulcissimē, praedulcissimus, praedulciter, praedulcius

Inflected forms

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