melculus

== Latin == === Etymology === From mel (“honey”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛɫ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl.ku.lus] === Noun === melculus m (genitive melculī); second declension Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey. Synonyms: mel, melculum, mellītus, mellītulus, mellilla ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “melculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “melculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.