mellifluus

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mellifluus melliflua mellifluum mellifluī mellifluae melliflua
genitive mellifluī mellifluae mellifluī mellifluōrum mellifluārum mellifluōrum
dative mellifluō mellifluae mellifluō mellifluīs
accusative mellifluum mellifluam mellifluum mellifluōs mellifluās melliflua
ablative mellifluō mellifluā mellifluō mellifluīs
vocative melliflue melliflua mellifluum mellifluī mellifluae melliflua

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: mel·liflu
  • English: mellifluous
  • French: melliflu
  • Galician: melifluo
  • Italian: mellifluo
  • Portuguese: melífluo
  • Spanish: melifluo

References

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