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Latin

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Etymology

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From mel (honey) + fluō (flow).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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.