mellifluus

== Latin == === Etymology === From mel (“honey”) + -fluus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛlˈlɪ.fɫu.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [melˈliː.flu.us] === Adjective === mellifluus (feminine melliflua, neuter mellifluum); first/second-declension adjective honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous Synonym: mellifluēns ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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.