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mel, honey

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

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