mellilla

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from melinus (“of or pertaining to honey”), from mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /melˈlil.la/, [mɛlˈlʲɪlːʲä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /melˈlil.la/, [melˈlilːä]

Noun

mellilla f (genitive mellillae); first declension

Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey or little sweetheart.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mellilla	mellillae
Genitive	mellillae	mellillārum
Dative	mellillae	mellillīs
Accusative	mellillam	mellillās
Ablative	mellillā	mellillīs
Vocative	mellilla	mellillae

Synonyms

(little honey): melculum, mellītula

Related terms

Related terms

References

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

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