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. ==== 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.