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.