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mellītŭlus

mellītŭlus

honey-sweet, darling

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What it meant

mellītŭlus — Lewis & Short

mellītŭlus, a, um,

I adj. dim. [mellitus], honey-sweet, darling (ante- and post-class.): corpusculum mellitulum! (al. melliculum), Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 19: puella, Hier. Ep. 79, 6. —Subst.: mellītŭla, ae, f., little honey: mea mellitula, App. M. 3, 139, 3.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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