mellifluus
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.us/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɫ̪uʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.flu.us/, [melˈliːfluːs]
Adjective
mellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mellifluus | melliflua | mellifluum | mellifluī | mellifluae | melliflua | |
| Genitive | mellifluī | mellifluae | mellifluī | mellifluōrum | mellifluārum | mellifluōrum | |
| Dative | mellifluō | mellifluō | mellifluīs | ||||
| Accusative | mellifluum | mellifluam | mellifluum | mellifluōs | mellifluās | melliflua | |
| Ablative | mellifluō | mellifluā | mellifluō | mellifluīs | |||
| Vocative | melliflue | melliflua | mellifluum | mellifluī | mellifluae | melliflua | |
Synonyms
- (mellifluous): mellifluēns
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: mellifluous
- French: melliflue
References
- “mellifluus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellifluus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.