mellifex

Latin

Etymology

From mel(li) (“honey”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛl.lɪ.fɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛl.li.feks]

Noun

mellifex m (genitive mellificis); third declension

1. A honey-maker; beekeeper.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mellifex	mellificēs
genitive	mellificis	mellificum
dative	mellificī	mellificibus
accusative	mellificem	mellificēs
ablative	mellifice	mellificibus
vocative	mellifex	mellificēs

Synonyms

• (beekeeper, beemaster): apiārius, mellārius

Related terms

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

References

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