mellifluens
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɫ̪uẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.ens/, [melˈliːfluens]
Adjective
[edit]mellifluēns (genitive mellifluentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
Genitive | mellifluentis | mellifluentium | |||
Dative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
Accusative | mellifluentem | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | |
Ablative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
Vocative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia |
Synonyms
[edit]- (mellifluous): mellifluus
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
References
[edit]- “mellifluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellifluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.