mellificus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from the oblique stem mell- of mel (“honey”) + -i- + -ficus (suffix denoting making).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /melˈli.fi.kus/, [mɛlˈlʲɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.fi.kus/, [melˈliːfikus]
Adjective
[edit]mellificus (feminine mellifica, neuter mellificum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mellificus | mellifica | mellificum | mellificī | mellificae | mellifica | |
| genitive | mellificī | mellificae | mellificī | mellificōrum | mellificārum | mellificōrum | |
| dative | mellificō | mellificae | mellificō | mellificīs | |||
| accusative | mellificum | mellificam | mellificum | mellificōs | mellificās | mellifica | |
| ablative | mellificō | mellificā | mellificō | mellificīs | |||
| vocative | mellifice | mellifica | mellificum | mellificī | mellificae | mellifica | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Related terms
Descendants
[edit]- French: mellifique
References
[edit]- “mellificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.