melleus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) 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
- Of, pertaining to or resembling honey.
- 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
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.
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