English

Noun

melligo ‎(uncountable)

1. (archaic) honeydew (sweet sticky substance found on plants)

Latin

Etymology

From mel ‎(“honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /melˈliː.ɡoː/, [mɛɫˈliː.ɡoː]

Noun

mellīgō f ‎(genitive mellīginis); third declension

1. A honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants; propolis, bee-glue, hive dross.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

References

• melligo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “melligo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.