mellarius

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Latin

Etymology

From mel (honey) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mellārius (feminine mellāria, neuter mellārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to honey.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: meleiro

Noun

mellārius m (genitive mellāriī or mellārī); second declension

  1. beekeeper, beemaster

Declension

Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • mellarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mellarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.