Mellona

English

Alternative forms

Mellonia

Etymology

From Latin Mellōna from honey.

Proper noun

Mellona

(Roman mythology) The goddess of bees, and honey.

Translations

Goddess of bees and honey

Latin: Mellōna f

Anagrams

lemonal, melonal

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -ōna.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛlˈloː.na]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [melˈlɔː.na]

Proper noun

Mellōna f (genitive Mellōnae); first declension

(Roman mythology) Mellona (goddess of bees and honey)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Mellōna	Mellōnae
genitive	Mellōnae	Mellōnārum
dative	Mellōnae	Mellōnīs
accusative	Mellōnam	Mellōnās
ablative	Mellōnā	Mellōnīs
vocative	Mellōna	Mellōnae

References

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