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Latin
Etymology
From mellītulus (“honey-sweet, darling, lovely”), diminutive of mellītus (“honey-sweet, honeyed; darling”), from mel (“honey”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mellītula f (genitive mellītulae); first declension
- Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey or little sweetheart.
- Synonyms: mel, melculus, mellilla, mellītus
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Metamorphoses 3.22:
- Patere, ōrō tē, impertīre nōbīs ūnctulum indidem, per istās tuās papillās, mea mellītula.
- I beg you, please hand me a little ointment from there, I beg you by these pretty breasts of yours, my little sweetheart.
Declension
First-declension noun.
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