mellosus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /melˈloː.sus/, [mɛlˈlʲoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈlo.sus/, [melˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

mellōsus (feminine mellōsa, neuter mellōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of, pertaining to or from honey; honeylike.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mellōsus	mellōsa	mellōsum		mellōsī	mellōsae	mellōsa
Genitive	mellōsī	mellōsae	mellōsī		mellōsōrum	mellōsārum	mellōsōrum
Dative	mellōsō		mellōsō		mellōsīs
Accusative	mellōsum	mellōsam	mellōsum		mellōsōs	mellōsās	mellōsa
Ablative	mellōsō	mellōsā	mellōsō		mellōsīs
Vocative	mellōse	mellōsa	mellōsum		mellōsī	mellōsae	mellōsa

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, mellārius, melleus, mellītus

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
• mellilla
• mellinia
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō

References

• “mellosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mellosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• mellosus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016