mellifluens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.fɫu.ẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [melˈliː.flu.ens]
Adjective
[edit]mellifluēns (genitive mellifluentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
| genitive | mellifluentis | mellifluentium | |||
| dative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
| accusative | mellifluentem | mellifluēns | mellifluentīs mellifluentēs |
mellifluentia | |
| ablative | mellifluentī mellifluente |
mellifluentibus | |||
| vocative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
Synonyms
[edit]- (mellifluous): mellifluus
Related terms
[edit]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.