melculum

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ku.lum/, [ˈmɛɫ̪kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ku.lum/, [ˈmɛlkulum]

Noun

melculum n (genitive melculī); second declension

1. Used as a term of endearment, literally meaning little honey.

   Synonyms: mel, melculus, mellītus, mellītulus, mellilla

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	melculum	melcula
genitive	melculī	melculōrum
dative	melculō	melculīs
accusative	melculum	melcula
ablative	melculō	melculīs
vocative	melculum	melcula

Related terms

• mel
• melina
• melinus
• mella
• mellāceum
• mellārium
• mellārius
• mellātiō
• melleus
• melliculum
• melliculus
• mellifer
• mellifex
• mellificium
• mellificō
• mellificus
• mellifluēns
• mellifluus
• melliger
• mellīgō
• mellilla
• mellinia
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō
• mellōsus

References

• “melculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "melculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• melculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.