melligo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin melligo.

Noun

melligo (uncountable)

(archaic) honeydew (sweet sticky substance found on plants)

References

“melligo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /melˈliː.ɡoː/, [mɛlˈlʲiːɡoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈli.ɡo/, [melˈliːɡo]

Noun

mellīgō f (genitive mellīginis); third declension

A honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants; propolis, bee-glue, hive dross.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mellīgō	mellīginēs
Genitive	mellīginis	mellīginum
Dative	mellīginī	mellīginibus
Accusative	mellīginem	mellīginēs
Ablative	mellīgine	mellīginibus
Vocative	mellīgō	mellīginēs

Related terms

Related terms

References

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

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