mespilum
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmes.pi.lum/, [ˈmɛs̠pɪɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmes.pi.lum/, [ˈmɛspilum]
Noun
[edit]mespilum n (genitive mespilī); second declension
- The medlar (fruit or tree)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mespilum | mespila |
Genitive | mespilī | mespilōrum |
Dative | mespilō | mespilīs |
Accusative | mespilum | mespila |
Ablative | mespilō | mespilīs |
Vocative | mespilum | mespila |
Descendants
[edit]- Old French: mesple, mesdle, medle, mesle
- Italian: nespolo, nespola
- Mozarabic: نياشبُرُش (/niéšporoš/), ناشبُرُش (nāšburuš /néšporoš/)
- Portuguese: nêspera
- Spanish: níspero
- → Proto-West Germanic: *mespilā (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- “mespilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mespilum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “medlar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.