Mellona

English

Alternative forms

• Mellonia

Etymology

From Latin Mellōna from honey.

Proper noun

Mellona

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of bees, and honey.

Translations

Goddess of bees and honey

• Latin: Mellōna f

Anagrams

• lemonal, melonal

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -ōna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈloː.na/, [mɛlˈlʲoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈlo.na/, [melˈlɔːnä]

Proper noun

Mellōna f (genitive Mellōnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Mellona (goddess of bees and honey)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Mellōna	Mellōnae
genitive	Mellōnae	Mellōnārum
dative	Mellōnae	Mellōnīs
accusative	Mellōnam	Mellōnās
ablative	Mellōnā	Mellōnīs
vocative	Mellōna	Mellōnae

References

• “Mellona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.