mellitus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”)

Adjective

mellītus m. (feminine mellīta, neuter mellītum); first/second declension

1. Of or pertaining to honey.
2. Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed.
3. (figuratively) As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely.
4. (figuratively, substantive, term of endearment) Sweet, darling, honey.

Inflection

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

• Italian: mellito

References

• mellitus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid from Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives.