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English
Etymology
From Latin Mellōna from honey.
Proper noun
Mellona
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of bees, and honey.
Translations
Goddess of bees and honey
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”) + -ōna.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mellōna f (genitive Mellōnae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) Mellona (goddess of bees and honey)
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “Mellona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.