mellitulus

== Latin == === Etymology === From mellītus (“honey-sweet, honeyed; darling”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive-forming suffix), from mel (“honey”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛlˈliː.tʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [melˈliː.tu.lus] === Adjective === mellītulus (feminine mellītula, neuter mellītulum); first/second-declension adjective diminutive of mellītus (“As sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely”) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (honey-sweet): melleus, melliculus, mellītus ==== Derived terms ==== mellītula ==== Related terms ==== === References === “mellitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mellitulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. mellitulus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016