melliger

Latin

Etymology

mel (“honey”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛl.lɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛl.li.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

melliger (feminine melligera, neuter melligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. honey-bearing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	melliger	melligera	melligerum		melligerī	melligerae	melligera
genitive	melligerī	melligerae	melligerī		melligerōrum	melligerārum	melligerōrum
dative	melligerō	melligerae	melligerō		melligerīs
accusative	melligerum	melligeram	melligerum		melligerōs	melligerās	melligera
ablative	melligerō	melligerā	melligerō		melligerīs
vocative	melliger	melligera	melligerum		melligerī	melligerae	melligera

Synonyms

• (honey-bearing): mellifer

Related terms

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

References

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