melina

See also: Melina and Mélina

Italian

Noun

melina f (plural meline) (more fully: fare la melina)

1. (soccer) a tactic, in the final minutes of a game, in which the winning side maintains possession of the ball with a series of short passes

Anagrams

• Milena, lamine, limnea

Latin

Etymology 1

From melinus (“of or pertaining to honey”), from mel (“honey”).

Alternative forms

• mellina

Noun

melina f (genitive melinae); first declension

1. mead

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	melina	melinae
genitive	melinae	melinārum
dative	melinae	melinīs
accusative	melinam	melinās
ablative	melinā	melinīs
vocative	melina	melinae

Synonyms

• (mead): hydromeli

Related terms

Related terms

• mel
• melculum
• melinus
• mella
• mellāceum
• mellārium
• mellārius
• mellātiō
• melleus
• melliculum
• melliculus
• mellifer
• mellifex
• mellificium
• mellificō
• mellificus
• mellifluēns
• mellifluus
• melliger
• mellīgō
• mellilla
• mellinia
• mellītulus
• mellītus
• mellō
• mellōsus

Etymology 2

From mēlīnus (“of or pertaining to a marten”), from mēles (“marten, badger”).

Alternative forms

• mellīna

Noun

mēlīna f (genitive mēlīnae); first declension

1. A purse or wallet made of marten-skin.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēlīna	mēlīnae
genitive	mēlīnae	mēlīnārum
dative	mēlīnae	mēlīnīs
accusative	mēlīnam	mēlīnās
ablative	mēlīnā	mēlīnīs
vocative	mēlīna	mēlīnae

Related terms

• mēles
• mēlīnus

References

• “melina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• melina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “melina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מאַלינע.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈli.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: me‧li‧na

Noun

melina f

1. (colloquial, derogatory) den, hideout (place where illegal wares are stored and sold)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) a decrepit, sleazy dwelling or establishment
3. (slang, humorous) a room that houses a party during a group excursion

Declension

Declension of melina

	singular	plural
nominative	melina	meliny
genitive	meliny	melin
dative	melinie	melinom
accusative	melinę	meliny
instrumental	meliną	melinami
locative	melinie	melinach
vocative	melino	meliny

Further reading

• melina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• melina in Polish dictionaries at PWN