Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

indulcorare

indulcorare [ML] 1 a to sweeten (in taste). b (fig., pass.) to become or be sweet. c to freshen (salt water; in quots., w. ref. to Exod. xv 25). a abstinendo ‥ ab omni potu qui melle ~atur Ep. Bonif. 128.  b ut ‥ memoria Jhesu ‥ in ejus ore ~etur super mel et favum Rolle IA 248 (cf. Sirach xlix 2).  c cui [sc. Christiano populo] aquam per lignum ~avit, quia ei mors per crucem levigatur Hon. Spec. Eccl. 944A; [Jesus] aquas felleas indulcoraverat Walt. Wimb. Carm. 582. 2 (fig.) to refresh, comfort. Christus, qui ‥ cor tuum suo ~avit spiritu H. Los. Ep. 29; mens ‥ torrente voluptatis Dei ~atur Rolle IA 224; [Christus] gementem consolatur, desolatum ~at, perturbatum tranquillat Ib. 229.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list