mellitus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -ītus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mellītus (feminine mellīta, neuter mellītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to honey.
2. Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed.
3. (figuratively) As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mellītus	mellīta	mellītum		mellītī	mellītae	mellīta
genitive	mellītī	mellītae	mellītī		mellītōrum	mellītārum	mellītōrum
dative	mellītō	mellītae	mellītō		mellītīs
accusative	mellītum	mellītam	mellītum		mellītōs	mellītās	mellīta
ablative	mellītō	mellītā	mellītō		mellītīs
vocative	mellīte	mellīta	mellītum		mellītī	mellītae	mellīta

Synonyms

• (darling, honey): mel
• (honey-sweet): melleus, melliculus, mellītulus
• (of or pertaining to honey): melinus, mellārius, melleus, mellōsus

Derived terms

• Mellita
• mellītulus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Galician: Melide (place name)
• Italian: mellito
• Spanish: remilgo

Noun

mellītus m (genitive mellītī); second declension

1. (figuratively, term of endearment) Sweet, darling, honey.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mellītus	mellītī
genitive	mellītī	mellītōrum
dative	mellītō	mellītīs
accusative	mellītum	mellītōs
ablative	mellītō	mellītīs
vocative	mellīte	mellītī

References

• “mellitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mellitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mellitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid from Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives.