mellifluus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.fɫu.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [melˈliː.flu.us]
Adjective
editmellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mellifluus | melliflua | mellifluum | mellifluī | mellifluae | melliflua | |
| genitive | mellifluī | mellifluae | mellifluī | mellifluōrum | mellifluārum | mellifluōrum | |
| dative | mellifluō | mellifluae | mellifluō | mellifluīs | |||
| accusative | mellifluum | mellifluam | mellifluum | mellifluōs | mellifluās | melliflua | |
| ablative | mellifluō | mellifluā | mellifluō | mellifluīs | |||
| vocative | melliflue | melliflua | mellifluum | mellifluī | mellifluae | melliflua | |
Synonyms
edit- (mellifluous): mellifluēns
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “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.