mellĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short
mellĭcŭlus, a, um,
I adj. dim. [id.], honey-sweet, honeyed:
corpusculum melliculum! a coaxing epithet,Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 23. —Subst.: mellĭcŭlum, i, n., honey-pet, honey-kin. Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14.—Collat. form melculum, q. v.