melligo

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin melligo.

Noun

melligo (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) honeydew (sweet sticky substance found on plants)

References

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mellīgō f (genitive mellīginis); third declension

  1. A honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants; propolis, bee-glue, hive dross.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mellīgō mellīginēs
genitive mellīginis mellīginum
dative mellīginī mellīginibus
accusative mellīginem mellīginēs
ablative mellīgine mellīginibus
vocative mellīgō mellīginēs
Related terms

References

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