mellaceum

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈlaː.ke.um/, [mɛlˈlʲäːkeʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈla.t͡ʃe.um/, [melˈläːt͡ʃeum]

Noun

mellāceum n (genitive mellāceī); second declension

1. must

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mellāceum	mellācea
genitive	mellāceī	mellāceōrum
dative	mellāceō	mellāceīs
accusative	mellāceum	mellācea
ablative	mellāceō	mellāceīs
vocative	mellāceum	mellācea

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• French: mélasse

References

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