mellum
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Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
mellum
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Some have suggested a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”),[1] the same root of monīle (“necklace”), but it seems doubtful.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mellum | mella |
Genitive | mellī | mellōrum |
Dative | mellō | mellīs |
Accusative | mellum | mella |
Ablative | mellō | mellīs |
Vocative | mellum | mella |
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mellum
References[edit]
- “mellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mellum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 64