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English
Proper noun
Melos
- Alternative spelling of Milos
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μῆλος (Mêlos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mēlos f sg (genitive Mēlī); second declension
- Milos
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
References
- “Melos2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Melos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Melos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.