melinus

Latin

Etymology 1

From mel (“honey”).

Adjective

melinus (feminine melina, neuter melinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to honey.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	melinus	melina	melinum		melinī	melinae	melina
genitive	melinī	melinae	melinī		melinōrum	melinārum	melinōrum
dative	melinō	melinae	melinō		melinīs
accusative	melinum	melinam	melinum		melinōs	melinās	melina
ablative	melinō	melinā	melinō		melinīs
vocative	meline	melina	melinum		melinī	melinae	melina

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to honey): mellārius, melleus, mellītus, mellōsus

Derived terms

• melina/mellina
• mellilla

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “made of apples or quinces”).

Adjective

mēlinus (feminine mēlina, neuter mēlinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to quinces.
2. Of the colour or color of quinces; quince-yellow.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mēlinus	mēlina	mēlinum		mēlinī	mēlinae	mēlina
genitive	mēlinī	mēlinae	mēlinī		mēlinōrum	mēlinārum	mēlinōrum
dative	mēlinō	mēlinae	mēlinō		mēlinīs
accusative	mēlinum	mēlinam	mēlinum		mēlinōs	mēlinās	mēlina
ablative	mēlinō	mēlinā	mēlinō		mēlinīs
vocative	mēline	mēlina	mēlinum		mēlinī	mēlinae	mēlina

Derived terms

• mēlinum

Etymology 3

From mēles (“marten, badger”).

Adjective

mēlīnus (feminine mēlīna, neuter mēlīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a marten or a badger

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mēlīnus	mēlīna	mēlīnum		mēlīnī	mēlīnae	mēlīna
genitive	mēlīnī	mēlīnae	mēlīnī		mēlīnōrum	mēlīnārum	mēlīnōrum
dative	mēlīnō	mēlīnae	mēlīnō		mēlīnīs
accusative	mēlīnum	mēlīnam	mēlīnum		mēlīnōs	mēlīnās	mēlīna
ablative	mēlīnō	mēlīnā	mēlīnō		mēlīnīs
vocative	mēlīne	mēlīna	mēlīnum		mēlīnī	mēlīnae	mēlīna

Derived terms

• mēlīna

References

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