mellatio
Latin
Etymology
From mellō (“make or collect honey”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈlaː.ti.oː/, [mɛlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈlat.t͡si.o/, [melˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
mellātiō f (genitive mellātiōnis); third declension
- A honeying, honey-gathering, taking of honey from a hive.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mellātiō | mellātiōnēs |
Genitive | mellātiōnis | mellātiōnum |
Dative | mellātiōnī | mellātiōnibus |
Accusative | mellātiōnem | mellātiōnēs |
Ablative | mellātiōne | mellātiōnibus |
Vocative | mellātiō | mellātiōnēs |
Related terms
Related terms
- mel
- melculum
- melina
- melinus
- mella
- mellāceum
- mellārium
- mellārius
- melleus
- melliculum
- melliculus
- mellifer
- mellifex
- mellificium
- mellificō
- mellificus
- mellifluēns
- mellifluus
- melliger
- mellīgō
- mellilla
- mellinia
- mellītulus
- mellītus
- mellō
- mellōsus
References
- “mellatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mellatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette