molendinum

Latin

Etymology

From molō (“grind in a mill”).

Noun

molendīnum n (genitive molendīnī); second declension

1. A milling-place, mill, mill-house.
   • 1789, Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne:

     Servitium, quo feudatorii grana ſua ad Domini molendinum, ibi molenda perferre, ex conſuetudine, aſtringuntur.

     Servitude, whereby vassals are forced to carry their grains to the feudal lord's mill, therein to be ground, in accordance with custom.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	molendīnum	molendīna
genitive	molendīnī	molendīnōrum
dative	molendīnō	molendīnīs
accusative	molendīnum	molendīna
ablative	molendīnō	molendīnīs
vocative	molendīnum	molendīna

Related terms

• mola
• molāris
• molārius
• molendārius
• molendīnārius
• molīna
• molīnārius
• molīnum
• molīnus
• molō

References

• “molendinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• molendinum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• molendinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.