mellifluens
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [mɛlˈlɪ.fɫʊ.ẽːs]
Adjective
mellifluēns (genitive mellifluentis); third declension
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mellifluēns | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | |
| Genitive | mellifluentis | mellifluentis | mellifluentium | mellifluentium | |
| Dative | mellifluentī | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | mellifluentibus | |
| Accusative | mellifluentem | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | |
| Ablative | mellifluentī | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | mellifluentibus | |
| Vocative | mellifluēns | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | |
Synonyms
- (mellifluous): mellifluus
Related terms
Related terms
- mel
- melculum
- melina
- melinus
- mella
- mellāceum
- mellārium
- mellārius
- mellātiō
- melleus
- melliculum
- melliculus
- mellifer
- mellifex
- mellificium
- mellificō
- mellificus
- mellifluus
- melliger
- mellīgō
- mellilla
- mellinia
- mellītulus
- mellītus
- mellō
- mellōsus
References
- mellifluens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellifluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette