mellifluens
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.fɫu.ẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [melˈliː.flu.ens]
Adjective
mellifluēns (genitive mellifluentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
| genitive | mellifluentis | mellifluentium | |||
| dative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
| accusative | mellifluentem | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | |
| ablative | mellifluentī | mellifluentibus | |||
| vocative | mellifluēns | mellifluentēs | mellifluentia | ||
Synonyms
- (mellifluous): mellifluus
Related terms
References
- “mellifluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellifluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.