Meles

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Translingual

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Meles spp.

Etymology

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From Latin meles (badger).

Proper noun

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Meles m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – badgers.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέλης (Mélēs), believed to be of Anatolian/Lydian origin, as many rivers in Asia Minor had this name, written this way by the Greeks to give it a Greek meaning.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Melēs m sg (genitive Melētis); third declension

  1. a river of Ionia, celebrated in the antiquity for the healing powers of its water

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Melēs
Genitive Melētis
Dative Melētī
Accusative Melētem
Ablative Melēte
Vocative Melēs

References

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  • Meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Alexander, L. (1914). The Kings of Lydia and a Rearrangement of Some Fragments from Nicolaus of Damascus. United States: Princeton University Press, p. 59