(adjective) : mellītus, a, um, mel
* Of honey, honey-.
* Lit.: melliti favi,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 22: bellaria, id. ap. Gell. 13, 11: absorptio,Suet. Ner. 27.
* Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet: placenta,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 11.
* Trop., honey-sweet, darling, lovely: mammillae,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47: Cicero, * Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: oculi,Cat. 47, 1: passer,id. 3, 6: verborum globuli,Petr. 1.—So in sup.: ubi ubi es mellitissime, Marc. Aur. ap. Front. Ep ad Caes. 4, 5 Mai.; cf.: mellitissimum savium,App. M. 2, 10, p. 119.— As subst.: mellītus, i, m.: mi mellite, mi marite,my honey, my darling,App. M. 5, 6, p 161.

s. TLL