mellilla
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from melinus (“of or pertaining to honey”), from mel (“honey”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈlil.la/, [mɛlˈlɪl.la]
Noun
mellilla f (genitive mellillae); first declension
- Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey or little sweetheart.
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mellilla | mellillae |
Genitive | mellillae | mellillārum |
Dative | mellillae | mellillīs |
Accusative | mellillam | mellillās |
Ablative | mellillā | mellillīs |
Vocative | mellilla | mellillae |
Synonyms
- (little honey): melculum, mellītula
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
- mellinia
- mellītulus
- mellītus
- mellō
- mellōsus
References
- mellilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette