dulcifluus

dulcifluus, a, um (dulcis u. fluo), süß fließend, aqua, Anthol. Lat. 120, 4 (899, 4); fontes, Dracont, carm. de deo 1, 164.

dulcifluus [LL] 1 a sweetly flowing. b exuding or emitting sweetness, fragrant (partly fig.). a ipsum mausoleum scatet unda ~a Gosc. V. Iv. 89b (cf. W. Malm. GP IV 181: manat ‥ fons dulcis potui).  b filius ejus [ducis W.] ‥, velut surculus ex ~a abscissus arbore, ‥ coepit odoriferos gratissimae pueritiae flosculos emittere W. Jum. IV 1; s1034 florem ‥ nectareum, cujus ‥ ~is perfundebamur odoribus ‥, Aethericum episcopum Chr. Rams. 147; balsama dulcifluo vincit odore locus Nig. Mir. BVM f. 17. 1. 2 sweet (to hear), dulcet, melodious. b (fig.) heard w. pleasure. ~o modulaminis genere ‥ alleluia concinere R. Cold. Cuthb. 38; intra se sonus celicus resonat melosque ~um solitarium jocundat Rolle IA 181.  b s1066 sermo ducis ~us ‥ mirabiliter in suorum majorum exemplis diutius peroravit Torigni Access. Sig. 36; ~um beati martiris ‥ nomen T. Mon. Will. VI 17; inde petuntur / dulcifluis precibus presentis commoda vite Garl. Myst. Eccl. 610. 3 (of abstr.) bountiful in sweetness (fig.), delightful. tu me dulcifluo semper amore foves L. Durh. Hypog. III 8 p. 71; suaviis et ~is obligationibus ad earum alliciunt amplexus Quaest. Salern. B 12; c1205 (v. 2 dilectio 1c); ut amaram humane malignitatis acrimoniam ~a divine bonitatis consideratio temperet Ad. Marsh Ep. 105; c1290 ex ~a vestre sanctitatis clemencia (Lit. ad Archiep. Cant.) Ann. Durh. app. 138; puerulus ‥ ~o luminum risu vultuque sereno J. Furness Walth. 22.

dulcĭflŭus, a, um (dulcis, fluo), coulant doucement : Drac. Laud. 1, 166.