melliculus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [melˈliː.ku.lus]

Adjective

melliculus (feminine mellicula, neuter melliculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	melliculus	mellicula	melliculum		melliculī	melliculae	mellicula
genitive	melliculī	melliculae	melliculī		melliculōrum	melliculārum	melliculōrum
dative	melliculō	melliculae	melliculō		melliculīs
accusative	melliculum	melliculam	melliculum		melliculōs	melliculās	mellicula
ablative	melliculō	melliculā	melliculō		melliculīs
vocative	mellicule	mellicula	melliculum		melliculī	melliculae	mellicula

Synonyms

• (honey-sweet): melleus, mellītulus, mellītus

Derived terms

• melliculum

Related terms

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

References

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