mellitus
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἐπενθρῴσκει πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς ὁ Διὸς γενέτας, δειναὶ δ' ἅμ᾽ ἕπονται κῆρες ἀναπλάκητοι → the son of Zeus is springing upon him with fiery lightning, and with him come the dread unerring Fates
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mellītus: a, um, adj. mel,
I 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: Cicero, * Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: oculi, Cat. 47, 1: passer, id. 3, 6: verborum globuli, Petr. 1.—So in sup.: ubi ubi es mellitissime, Marc. Aur. ap. Front. Ep ad Caes. 4, 5 Mai.; cf.: mellitissimum savium, App. M. 2, 10, p. 119.— As subst.: mellītus, i, m.: mi mellite, mi marite, my honey, my darling, App. M. 5, 6, p 161.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mellītus,¹⁴ a, um (mel), de miel : Varro R. 3, 16, 22 ; Gell. 13, 11 ; Suet. Nero 17
