mellifer

See also: mel·lífer

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mellifer (feminine mellifera, neuter melliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mellifer mellifera melliferum melliferī melliferae mellifera
genitive melliferī melliferae melliferī melliferōrum melliferārum melliferōrum
dative melliferō melliferae melliferō melliferīs
accusative melliferum melliferam melliferum melliferōs melliferās mellifera
ablative melliferō melliferā melliferō melliferīs
vocative mellifer mellifera melliferum melliferī melliferae mellifera

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: mel·lífer
  • ⇒ English: melliferous

References

  • “mellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mellifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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