English → Latin
“mellifluous” in Latin
mellifluēnshoney-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluousmellifluushoney-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluousmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet, honeymellītusof or pertaining to honey; sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed; as sweet as honey; honey-sweet, darling, lovely
The English word mellifluous itself goes back to Latin fluō, through mellifluus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mellifluous
mellifluens (Auson.): mellifluus (Avien.); by circumlocution with mel, or mellitus (sweet as honey, Cic., Plin.); melleum saporem habens.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mellifluous?
- The usual Latin words for “mellifluous” are mellifluēns, mellifluus, mel; also mellītus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.