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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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.18.1
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.2
    • Suetonius, Nero, 27
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.11
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