Mellona

English

Alternative forms
  • Mellonia

Etymology

From Latin Mellōna from honey.

Proper noun

Mellona

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of bees, and honey.

Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mellōna f (genitive Mellōnae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of bees, and honey.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Mellōna Mellōnae
Genitive Mellōnae Mellōnārum
Dative Mellōnae Mellōnīs
Accusative Mellōnam Mellōnās
Ablative Mellōnā Mellōnīs
Vocative Mellōna Mellōnae

References
  • “Mellona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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