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melleus
melleus
Latin
Adjective
melleus m (feminine mellea, neuter melleum); first/second declension
- Of, pertaining to or resembling honey.
- As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, delightful, charming.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | melleus | mellea | melleum | melleī | melleae | mellea | |
| genitive | melleī | melleae | melleī | melleōrum | melleārum | melleōrum | |
| dative | melleō | melleō | melleīs | ||||
| accusative | melleum | melleam | melleum | melleōs | melleās | mellea | |
| ablative | melleō | melleā | melleō | melleīs | |||
| vocative | mellee | mellea | melleum | melleī | melleae | mellea | |
Synonyms
- (honey-sweet): melliculus, mellītulus, mellītus
- (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, mellārius, mellītus, mellōsus
Related terms
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Descendants
References
- melleus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “melleus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.