mellitus
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈliː.tus/, [mɛlˈliː.tʊs]
Adjective
mellītus (feminine mellīta, neuter mellītum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to honey.
- Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed.
- (figuratively) As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely.
- (figuratively, substantive, term of endearment) Sweet, darling, honey.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mellītus | mellīta | mellītum | mellītī | mellītae | mellīta | |
| Genitive | mellītī | mellītae | mellītī | mellītōrum | mellītārum | mellītōrum | |
| Dative | mellītō | mellītae | mellītō | mellītīs | mellītīs | mellītīs | |
| Accusative | mellītum | mellītam | mellītum | mellītōs | mellītās | mellīta | |
| Ablative | mellītō | mellītā | mellītō | mellītīs | mellītīs | mellītīs | |
| Vocative | mellīte | mellīta | mellītum | mellītī | mellītae | mellīta | |
Synonyms
- (darling, honey): mel
- (honey-sweet): melleus, melliculus, mellītulus
- (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, mellārius, melleus, mellōsus
Derived terms
- mellītulus
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
- mellō
- mellōsus
Descendants
- Galician: Melide (place name)
- Italian: mellito
References
- mellitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mellitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid from Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives.