melliger
Latin
Etymology
mel (“honey”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl.lɪ.ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl.li.d͡ʒer]
Adjective
melliger (feminine melligera, neuter melligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | melliger | melligera | melligerum | melligerī | melligerae | melligera | |
| genitive | melligerī | melligerae | melligerī | melligerōrum | melligerārum | melligerōrum | |
| dative | melligerō | melligerae | melligerō | melligerīs | |||
| accusative | melligerum | melligeram | melligerum | melligerōs | melligerās | melligera | |
| ablative | melligerō | melligerā | melligerō | melligerīs | |||
| vocative | melliger | melligera | melligerum | melligerī | melligerae | melligera | |
Synonyms
- (honey-bearing): mellifer
Related terms
References
- “melliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- melliger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.