melculus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ku.lus/, [ˈmɛɫ̪kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ku.lus/, [ˈmɛlkulus]

Noun

melculus m (genitive melculī); second declension

1. Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey.

   Synonyms: mel, melculum, mellītus, mellītulus, mellilla

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	melculus	melculī
Genitive	melculī	melculōrum
Dative	melculō	melculīs
Accusative	melculum	melculōs
Ablative	melculō	melculīs
Vocative	melcule	melculī

Related terms

Related terms

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

References

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