mellarius

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛlˈlaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [melˈläː.ri.us]

Adjective

mellārius (feminine mellāria, neuter mellārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to honey.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mellārius	mellāria	mellārium		mellāriī	mellāriae	mellāria
genitive	mellāriī	mellāriae	mellāriī		mellāriōrum	mellāriārum	mellāriōrum
dative	mellāriō	mellāriae	mellāriō		mellāriīs
accusative	mellārium	mellāriam	mellārium		mellāriōs	mellāriās	mellāria
ablative	mellāriō	mellāriā	mellāriō		mellāriīs
vocative	mellārie	mellāria	mellārium		mellāriī	mellāriae	mellāria

Synonyms

• (beekeeper, beemaster): apiārius, mellifex
• (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, melleus, mellītus, mellōsus

Derived terms

• mellārium

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Galician: meleiro

Noun

mellārius m (genitive mellāriī or mellārī); second declension

1. beekeeper, beemaster

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mellārius	mellāriī
genitive	mellāriī mellārī1	mellāriōrum
dative	mellāriō	mellāriīs
accusative	mellārium	mellāriōs
ablative	mellāriō	mellāriīs
vocative	mellārie	mellāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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