mellificus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from the oblique stem mell- of mel (“honey”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ficus (suffix denoting making). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.fɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [melˈliː.fi.kus] === Adjective === mellificus (feminine mellifica, neuter mellificum); first/second-declension adjective honey-making, fit for making honey ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== mellificium mellificō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: mellifique === References === “mellificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mellificus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.