mellificium
Latin
Etymology
From mellificus (“fit for making honey; honey-making”), from mel (“honey”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mel.liˈfi.ki.um/, [mɛlːʲɪˈfɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mel.liˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [melːiˈfiːt͡ʃium]
Noun
mellificium n (genitive mellificiī or mellificī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mellificium | mellificia |
| Genitive | mellificiī mellificī1 |
mellificiōrum |
| Dative | mellificiō | mellificiīs |
| Accusative | mellificium | mellificia |
| Ablative | mellificiō | mellificiīs |
| Vocative | mellificium | mellificia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Related terms
References
- “mellificium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellificium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mellificium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.