M / mellĭfex
noun spur

mellĭfex

gen. mellĭfefĭcis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
mel-facio, i. q. mellarius, 1.
a honey-maker; a keeper of bees
a honey-maker, i. e. a keeper of bees: ubicunque saltus idonei sunt mellifici, Col. 9, 8, 8; better referred to mellificus, q. v.