mellinia

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [melˈliː.ni.a]

Noun

mellinia f (genitive melliniae); first declension

1. sweetness, deliciousness, delight

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mellinia	melliniae
genitive	melliniae	melliniārum
dative	melliniae	melliniīs
accusative	melliniam	melliniās
ablative	melliniā	melliniīs
vocative	mellinia	melliniae

Synonyms

• (sweetness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel

Related terms

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

References

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