mellifluus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈli.flu.us/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɫ̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈli.flu.us/, [melˈliːfluːs]

Adjective

mellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective

1. honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mellifluus	melliflua	mellifluum		mellifluī	mellifluae	melliflua
Genitive	mellifluī	mellifluae	mellifluī		mellifluōrum	mellifluārum	mellifluōrum
Dative	mellifluō		mellifluō		mellifluīs
Accusative	mellifluum	mellifluam	mellifluum		mellifluōs	mellifluās	melliflua
Ablative	mellifluō	mellifluā	mellifluō		mellifluīs
Vocative	melliflue	melliflua	mellifluum		mellifluī	mellifluae	melliflua

Synonyms

• (mellifluous): mellifluēns

Related terms

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: mel·liflu
• English: mellifluous
• French: melliflu
• Galician: melifluo
• Italian: mellifluo
• Portuguese: melífluo
• Spanish: melifluo

References

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