mellifluens
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɫ̪uẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [melˈliːfluens]
AdjectiveEdit
mellifluēns (genitive mellifluentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
| Genitive | mellifluentis | mellifluentium | |||
| Dative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
| Accusative | mellifluentem | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | |
| Ablative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
| Vocative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
SynonymsEdit
- (mellifluous): mellifluus
Related termsEdit
Related terms
ReferencesEdit
- “mellifluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellifluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette