melculum
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛɫ.kʊ.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl.ku.lum]
Noun
melculum n (genitive melculī); second declension
- Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey.
- Synonyms: mel, melculus, mellītus, mellītulus, mellilla
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | melculum | melcula |
| genitive | melculī | melculōrum |
| dative | melculō | melculīs |
| accusative | melculum | melcula |
| ablative | melculō | melculīs |
| vocative | melculum | melcula |
Related terms
References
- “melculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "melculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- melculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.