mellitus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈliː.tus/, [mɛlˈlʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.tus/, [melˈliːt̪us]
Adjective edit
mellītus (feminine mellīta, neuter mellītum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to honey.
- Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed.
- (figuratively) As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mellītus | mellīta | mellītum | mellītī | mellītae | mellīta | |
Genitive | mellītī | mellītae | mellītī | mellītōrum | mellītārum | mellītōrum | |
Dative | mellītō | mellītō | mellītīs | ||||
Accusative | mellītum | mellītam | mellītum | mellītōs | mellītās | mellīta | |
Ablative | mellītō | mellītā | mellītō | mellītīs | |||
Vocative | mellīte | mellīta | mellītum | mellītī | mellītae | mellīta |
Synonyms edit
- (darling, honey): mel
- (honey-sweet): melleus, melliculus, mellītulus
- (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, mellārius, melleus, mellōsus
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
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Descendants edit
Noun edit
mellītus m (genitive mellītī); second declension
- (figuratively, term of endearment) Sweet, darling, honey.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mellītus | mellītī |
Genitive | mellītī | mellītōrum |
Dative | mellītō | mellītīs |
Accusative | mellītum | mellītōs |
Ablative | mellītō | mellītīs |
Vocative | mellīte | mellītī |
References edit
- “mellitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mellitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mellitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid from Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives.