mellilla

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from melinus (“of or pertaining to honey”), from mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /melˈlil.la/, [mɛlˈlʲɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈlil.la/, [melˈlilːä]

Noun

mellilla f (genitive mellillae); first declension

1. Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey or little sweetheart.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mellilla	mellillae
Genitive	mellillae	mellillārum
Dative	mellillae	mellillīs
Accusative	mellillam	mellillās
Ablative	mellillā	mellillīs
Vocative	mellilla	mellillae

Synonyms

• (little honey): melculum, mellītula

Related terms

Related terms

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

References

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