mellum
Icelandic
[edit]Noun
[edit]mellum
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Some have suggested a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”),[1] the same root of monīle (“necklace”), but it seems doubtful.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mellum | mella |
| genitive | mellī | mellōrum |
| dative | mellō | mellīs |
| accusative | mellum | mella |
| ablative | mellō | mellīs |
| vocative | mellum | mella |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]mellum
References
[edit]- “mellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mellum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 64