mellifluens

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɫ̪uẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [melˈliːfluens]

Adjective

mellifluēns (genitive mellifluentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	mellifluēns			mellifluentēs	mellifluentia
genitive	mellifluentis			mellifluentium
dative	mellifluentī			mellifluentibus
accusative	mellifluentem	mellifluēns		mellifluentēs	mellifluentia
ablative	mellifluentī			mellifluentibus
vocative	mellifluēns			mellifluentēs	mellifluentia

Synonyms

• (mellifluous): mellifluus

Related terms

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

References

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