mellifluus
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.us/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɫ̪uʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.us/, [melˈliːfluːs]
AdjectiveEdit
mellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
SynonymsEdit
- (mellifluous): mellifluēns
Related termsEdit
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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