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mel, honey

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

mel , mellis, n., pl., mella, abl., mellibus (no gen. or dat.): honey, 6.420.

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mellique Noun: neuter dative singular of mel

mellique Noun: neuter genitive singular of mellum

See mellique in Morpho

mĕl, mellis (abl. sing. melli, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20 (371).—Gen. and dat. plur. obsol. acc. to Prisc. p. 744 P.), n. [Gr. μέλι, honey; μέλισσα, bee; cf. mulsus], honey.
  • I Lit.: hoc est melli dulci dulcius, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20 (371) (Spengel, dulce): villa abundat lacte, caseo, melle, Cic. Sen. 16, 56; cf. Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 33: roscida mella, Verg. E. 4, 30: mellis vindemia, Col. 9, 15, 1.—
  • II Trop., honey for sweetness, pleasantness: poëtica mella, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44: hoc juvat et melli est, is pleasant, id. S. 2, 6, 32.—Of sweetness, pleasantness of speech: Nestoreum mel, Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 64: Homerici senis mella, Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 3.— Prov.: quia te tango, mel mihi videor lingere, it seems to me as sweet as honey, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 21 (457): mella petere in medio flumine, of a vain search, Ov. A. A. 1, 748. —As a term of endearment, darling, sweet, honey: meum mel, meum cor, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 157 (366); 173 (382); id. Curc. 1, 3, 8 (165); id. Trin. 2, 1, 18 (240): Sempronium, mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.

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