mellifer
See also: mel·lífer
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom mel (“honey”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmel.li.fer/, [ˈmɛlːʲɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmel.li.fer/, [ˈmɛlːifer]
Adjective
editmellifer (feminine mellifera, neuter melliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | mellifer | mellifera | melliferum | melliferī | melliferae | mellifera | |
genitive | melliferī | melliferae | melliferī | melliferōrum | melliferārum | melliferōrum | |
dative | melliferō | melliferae | melliferō | melliferīs | |||
accusative | melliferum | melliferam | melliferum | melliferōs | melliferās | mellifera | |
ablative | melliferō | melliferā | melliferō | melliferīs | |||
vocative | mellifer | mellifera | melliferum | melliferī | melliferae | mellifera |
Synonyms
edit- (honey-bearing): melliger
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: mel·lífer
- ⇒ English: melliferous
References
edit- “mellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mellifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.