mallus

See also: Mallus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lus/, [ˈmälːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lus/, [ˈmälːus]

Noun

mallus m (genitive mallī); second declension

1. A lock of wool

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mallus	mallī
genitive	mallī	mallōrum
dative	mallō	mallīs
accusative	mallum	mallōs
ablative	mallō	mallīs
vocative	malle	mallī

References

• “mallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “mallus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “mallus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mallus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly