mel

mel
mĕl, mellis ( abl. sing. melli, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20.— Gen. and dat. plur. obsol. acc. to Prisc. p. 744 P.), n. [Gr. meli, honey; melissa, bee; cf. mulsus], honey.
I.
Lit.:

hoc est melli dulci dulcius,

 Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20 (Spengel, dulce):

villa abundat lacte, caseo, melle,

 Cic. Sen. 16, 56; cf. Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 33:

roscida mella,

 Verg. E. 4, 30:

mellis vindemia,

 Col. 9, 15, 1.—
II.
Trop., honey for sweetness, pleasantness:

poëtica mella,

 Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44:

hoc juvat et melli est,

 is pleasant, id. S. 2, 6, 32.—Of sweetness, pleasantness of speech:

Nestoreum mel, Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 64: Homerici senis mella,

 Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 3.—

Prov.: quia te tango, mel mihi videor lingere,

 it seems to me as sweet as honey, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 21:

mella petere in medio flumine,

 of a vain search, Ov. A. A. 1, 748. —As a term of endearment, darling, sweet, honey:

meum mel, meum cor,

 Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 157; 173; id. Curc. 1, 3, 8; id. Trin. 2, 1, 18: Sempronium, mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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