mellifer

See also: mel·lífer

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.li.fer/, [ˈmɛlːʲɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.li.fer/, [ˈmɛlːifer]

Adjective

mellifer (feminine mellifera, neuter melliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mellifer	mellifera	melliferum		melliferī	melliferae	mellifera
genitive	melliferī	melliferae	melliferī		melliferōrum	melliferārum	melliferōrum
dative	melliferō	melliferae	melliferō		melliferīs
accusative	melliferum	melliferam	melliferum		melliferōs	melliferās	mellifera
ablative	melliferō	melliferā	melliferō		melliferīs
vocative	mellifer	mellifera	melliferum		melliferī	melliferae	mellifera

Synonyms

• (honey-bearing): melliger

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: mel·lífer
• ⇒ English: melliferous

References

• “mellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mellifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.