A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Honey (Eng. noun): mel, gen.sg. mellis (s.n.III), acc.sg. mel, abl. sg. melle, nom. & acc. pl. mella; nectar,-aris (s.n.III), acc. sg. nectar, dat.& abl. sg. nectari, nom. & acc. pl. nectaria, gen. pl. nectarium, dat.& abl. pl. nectaribus, ‘nectar,’ “the honey of a flower; the superfluous saccharine matter remaining after the stamens and pistil have consumed all that they require” (Lindley); see mel, gen.sg. mellis (s.n.III); see candy, sweets; see nectar. Honey-dew; “a disease of plants in which an unnatural secretion of sweet matter appears on their surface” (Lindley): melligo,-inis (s.f.III), q.v., abl. sg. melligine. mellifluens,-entis (adj.B): honey-dropping.
honey, pertaining to, honey-sweet: melleus,-a,-um (adj.A), mellinus,-a,-um (adj.A); mellitus,-a,-um (adj.A).
honey-bearing: mellifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A), melliger,-gera,-gerum (adj.A).
honey-colored: melleus,-a,-um (adj.A), mellinus,-a,-um (adj.A); see amber-colored.
Honey-comb: favus,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. favo. a little honey-comb: favulus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. favulo.
honeycombed, honeycomb-pitted, pitted on the surface like a honey-comb: favosus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘honeycombed, i.e. covered with regular angled depressions;’ arveolaris,-e (adj.B), alveolatus,-a,-um (adj.A), “honeycombed; having angular depressions separated by thin partitions” (Fernald 1950); lacunosus,-a,-um (adj.A): lacunose, covered with depressions, pitted with shallow holes larger than those described as alveolate (Stearn); see alveolaris,-e (adj.B); - stamina circiter 100, disco fungoso alveolato inserta, stamens around 100, inserted on a spongy alveolate [pitted, honey-combed] disc. favoso-dehiscens,-entis (part.B): “appearing honeycombed after dehiscence, as the anther of Viscum” (Lindley). finely honey-combed: faveolatus,-a,-um (adj.A), favulaceus,-a,-um (adj.A), favularius,-a,-um (adj.A). morchelliformis,-e (adj.B): morel-shaped, i.e. ovoid with a honey-comb-like pitted surface, resembling the fruit-body of Morchella esculenta.
honey-dropping, -dripping: mellifluens,-entis (adj.B).