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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈloː.na/, [mɛlˈloː.na]

Proper noun

Mellōna f (genitive Mellōnae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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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