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mellitus
mellitus
Latin
Adjective
mellītus m (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 | mellītō | mellītīs | ||||
| accusative | mellītum | mellītam | mellītum | mellītōs | mellītās | mellīta | |
| ablative | mellītō | mellītā | mellītō | 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
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mellitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid from Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives.