melligo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin melligo
Noun
melligo (uncountable)
- (archaic) honeydew (sweet sticky substance found on plants)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for melligo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈliː.ɡoː/, [mɛlˈliː.ɡoː]
Noun
mellīgō f (genitive mellīginis); third declension
- A honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants; propolis, bee-glue, hive dross.
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mellīgō | mellīginēs |
Genitive | mellīginis | mellīginum |
Dative | mellīginī | mellīginibus |
Accusative | mellīginem | mellīginēs |
Ablative | mellīgine | mellīginibus |
Vocative | mellīgō | mellīginēs |
Related terms
Related terms
- mel
- melculum
- melina
- melinus
- mella
- mellāceum
- mellārium
- mellārius
- mellātiō
- melleus
- melliculum
- melliculus
- mellifer
- mellifex
- mellificium
- mellificō
- mellificus
- mellifluēns
- mellifluus
- melliger
- mellilla
- mellinia
- mellītulus
- mellītus
- mellō
- mellōsus
References
- melligo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- melligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette