melligo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin melligo.

Noun

melligo (uncountable)

1. (archaic) honeydew (sweet sticky substance found on plants)

References

• “melligo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) + -īgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛlˈliː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [melˈliː.ɡo]

Noun

mellīgō f (genitive mellīginis); third declension

1. A honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants; propolis, bee-glue, hive dross.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mellīgō	mellīginēs
genitive	mellīginis	mellīginum
dative	mellīginī	mellīginibus
accusative	mellīginem	mellīginēs
ablative	mellīgine	mellīginibus
vocative	mellīgō	mellīginēs

Related terms

• mel
• melculum
• melina
• melinus
• mella
• mellāceum
• mellārium
• mellārius
• mellātiō
• melleus
• melliculum
• melliculus
• mellifer
• mellifex
• mellificium
• mellificō
• mellificus
• mellifluēns
• mellifluus
• melliger
• mellilla
• mellinia
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō
• mellōsus

References

• “melligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “melligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.