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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin melligo.
Noun
melligo (uncountable)
- (archaic) honeydew (sweet sticky substance found on plants)
References
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mellīgō f (genitive mellīginis); third declension
- A honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants; propolis, bee-glue, hive dross.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.