mellitulus

Latin

Etymology

From mellītus (“honey-sweet, honeyed; darling”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive-forming suffix), from mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈliː.tu.lus/, [mɛlˈlʲiːt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈli.tu.lus/, [melˈliːt̪ulus]

Adjective

mellītulus (feminine mellītula, neuter mellītulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of mellītus (“As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mellītulus	mellītula	mellītulum		mellītulī	mellītulae	mellītula
genitive	mellītulī	mellītulae	mellītulī		mellītulōrum	mellītulārum	mellītulōrum
dative	mellītulō	mellītulae	mellītulō		mellītulīs
accusative	mellītulum	mellītulam	mellītulum		mellītulōs	mellītulās	mellītula
ablative	mellītulō	mellītulā	mellītulō		mellītulīs
vocative	mellītule	mellītula	mellītulum		mellītulī	mellītulae	mellītula

Synonyms

• (honey-sweet): melleus, melliculus, mellītus

Derived terms

• mellītula

Related terms

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

References

• “mellitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mellitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• mellitulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016