memecylon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μημέκυλον (mēmékulon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈme.ky.lon/, [meːˈmɛkʏɫ̪ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈme.t͡ʃi.lon/, [meˈmɛːt͡ʃilon]

Noun

mēmecylon n (genitive mēmecylī); second declension

1. the edible fruit of the strawberry tree

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	mēmecylon	mēmecyla
genitive	mēmecylī	mēmecylōrum
dative	mēmecylō	mēmecylīs
accusative	mēmecylon	mēmecyla
ablative	mēmecylō	mēmecylīs
vocative	mēmecylon	mēmecyla

References

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