mellĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [mel],
honey-sweet, honeyed : corpusculum melliculum! a coaxing epithet, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 23. —Subst.: mellĭcŭlum , i, n., honey-pet, honey-kin. Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14.—Collat. form melculum, q. v.