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mellitus

mellitus, of honey, sweet with honey

mellītus, a, um, adj. [mel], of honey, honey-.
  • I Lit.: melliti favi, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 22: bellaria, id. ap. Gell. 13, 11: absorptio, Suet. Ner. 27.—
      • 2 Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet: placenta, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 11.—
  • II Trop., honey-sweet, darling, lovely: mammillae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47 (178): Cicero, * Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: oculi, Cat. 47, 1: passer, id. 3, 6: verborum globuli, Petr. 1, 3.—So in sup.: ubi ubi es mellitissime, Marc. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 4, 5 Mai.; cf.: mellitissimum savium, Ap. Met. 2, 10, 3.— As subst.: mellītus, i, m.: mi mellite, mi marite, my honey, my darling, Ap. Met. 5, 6, 28.

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