mellitulus
Latin
Etymology
From mellītus (“honey-sweet, honeyed; darling”) + -ulus (diminutive-forming suffix), from mel (“honey”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈliː.tu.lus/, [mɛlˈlʲiːt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈli.tu.lus/, [melˈliːt̪ulus]
Adjective
mellītulus (feminine mellītula, neuter mellītulum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mellītulus | mellītula | mellītulum | mellītulī | mellītulae | mellītula | |
| Genitive | mellītulī | mellītulae | mellītulī | mellītulōrum | mellītulārum | mellītulōrum | |
| Dative | mellītulō | mellītulō | mellītulīs | ||||
| Accusative | mellītulum | mellītulam | mellītulum | mellītulōs | mellītulās | mellītula | |
| Ablative | mellītulō | mellītulā | mellītulō | mellītulīs | |||
| Vocative | mellītule | mellītula | mellītulum | mellītulī | mellītulae | mellītula | |
Synonyms
- (honey-sweet): melleus, melliculus, mellītus
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “mellitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- mellitulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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