mellificus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem mell- of mel (“honey”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ficus (suffix denoting making).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈli.fi.kus/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈli.fi.kus/, [melˈliːfikus]

Adjective

mellificus (feminine mellifica, neuter mellificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. honey-making, fit for making honey

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mellificus	mellifica	mellificum		mellificī	mellificae	mellifica
genitive	mellificī	mellificae	mellificī		mellificōrum	mellificārum	mellificōrum
dative	mellificō	mellificae	mellificō		mellificīs
accusative	mellificum	mellificam	mellificum		mellificōs	mellificās	mellifica
ablative	mellificō	mellificā	mellificō		mellificīs
vocative	mellifice	mellifica	mellificum		mellificī	mellificae	mellifica

Derived terms

• mellificium
• mellificō

Related terms

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

Descendants

• French: mellifique

References

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