mellinia

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /melˈli.ni.a/, [mɛlˈlʲɪniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈli.ni.a/, [melˈliːniä]

Noun

mellinia f (genitive melliniae); first declension

1. sweetness, deliciousness, delight

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mellinia	melliniae
Genitive	melliniae	melliniārum
Dative	melliniae	melliniīs
Accusative	melliniam	melliniās
Ablative	melliniā	melliniīs
Vocative	mellinia	melliniae

Synonyms

• (sweetness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel

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
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō
• mellōsus

References

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