melleus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.le.us/, [ˈmɛlːʲeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.le.us/, [ˈmɛlːeus]

Adjective

melleus (feminine mellea, neuter melleum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of, pertaining to or resembling honey.
2. As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, delightful, charming.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	melleus	mellea	melleum		melleī	melleae	mellea
Genitive	melleī	melleae	melleī		melleōrum	melleārum	melleōrum
Dative	melleō		melleō		melleīs
Accusative	melleum	melleam	melleum		melleōs	melleās	mellea
Ablative	melleō	melleā	melleō		melleīs
Vocative	mellee	mellea	melleum		melleī	melleae	mellea

Synonyms

• (honey-sweet): melliculus, mellītulus, mellītus
• (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, mellārius, mellītus, mellōsus

Related terms

• mel
• melculum
• melina
• melinus
• mell
• mellāceum
• mellārium
• mellārius
• mellātiō
• melliculum
• melliculus
• mellifer
• mellifex
• mellificium
• mellificō
• mellificus
• mellifluēns
• mellifluus
• melliger
• mellīgō
• mellilla
• mellinia
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō
• mellōsus

 

Descendants

• English: melleous
• Italian: melleo

References

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