mellatio

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Latin

Etymology

From mellō (“make or collect honey”), from mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /melˈlaː.ti.oː/, [mɛlˈlaː.ti.oː]

Noun

mellātiō f (genitive mellātiōnis); third declension

1. A honeying, honey-gathering, taking of honey from a hive.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mellātiō	mellātiōnēs
Genitive	mellātiōnis	mellātiōnum
Dative	mellātiōnī	mellātiōnibus
Accusative	mellātiōnem	mellātiōnēs
Ablative	mellātiōne	mellātiōnibus
Vocative	mellātiō	mellātiōnēs

Related terms

Related terms

• mel
• melculum
• melina
• melinus
• mella
• mellāceum
• mellārium

• mellārius
• melleus
• melliculum
• melliculus
• mellifer
• mellifex
• mellificium

• mellificō
• mellificus
• mellifluēns
• mellifluus
• melliger
• mellīgō

• mellilla
• mellinia
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō
• mellōsus

References

• mellatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mellatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mellatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette