melilotos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melílōtos, “melilot”), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.liˈloː.tos/, [mɛlʲɪˈɫ̪oːt̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈlo.tos/, [meliˈlɔːt̪os]

Noun

melilōtos f (genitive melilōtī); second declension

1. melilot, Melilotus sp.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	melilōtos	melilōtī
genitive	melilōtī	melilōtōrum
dative	melilōtō	melilōtīs
accusative	melilōton	melilōtōs
ablative	melilōtō	melilōtīs
vocative	melilōte	melilōtī

Descendants

• → Translingual: Melilotus

References

• “melilotos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• melilotos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.