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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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melque Noun: neuter accusative singular, Noun: neuter vocative singular, Noun: neuter nominative singular of mel

See melque 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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