Melite
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek Μελῐ́τη (Melítē), q.v.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈme.li.teː/, [ˈmɛlʲɪt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.li.te/, [ˈmɛːlit̪e]
Proper noun
[edit]Melitē f sg (genitive Melitēs); first declension
- A city in Magnesia
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.32:
- Thessaliae adnexa Magnesia est, cuius fons Libethra, oppida Iolcus, Ormenium, Pyrra, Methone, Olizon, promunturium Sepias, oppida Castana, Spalathra, promunturium Aeantium, oppida Meliboea, Rhizus, Erymnae, ostium Penii, oppida Homolium, Orthe, Iresiae, Pelinna, Thaumacie, Gyrton, Crannon, Acharne, Dotion, Melite, Phylace, Potniae.
- Alternative form of Melita
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Melitē |
| genitive | Melitēs |
| dative | Melitae |
| accusative | Melitēn |
| ablative | Melitē |
| vocative | Melitē |
| locative | Melitae |
Descendants
[edit]- English: Melite
Further reading
[edit]- “Mĕlĭtē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mĕlĭtē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 962/3.
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