melinus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From mel (“honey”). ==== Adjective ==== melinus (feminine melina, neuter melinum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to honey. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Synonyms ===== (of or pertaining to honey): mellārius, melleus, mellītus, mellōsus ===== Derived terms ===== melina/mellina mellilla ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “made of apples or quinces”). ==== Adjective ==== mēlinus (feminine mēlina, neuter mēlinum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to quinces. (Old Latin, fashion) yellow Synonyms: galbinus, lūteus ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== mēlinum === Etymology 3 === From mēles (“marten, badger”). ==== Adjective ==== mēlīnus (feminine mēlīna, neuter mēlīnum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to a marten or a badger ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== mēlīna === References === “melinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "melinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “melinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.