meles

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See also: meleš, melēs, melés, mêles, mêlés, mēles, mēlēs, мелешь, and Meles

English

Noun

meles

  1. plural of mele

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

meles

  1. plural of mel

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe borrowed together with fēlēs, likewise unexplained and the only other animal name with such a measure, from the alpine direction.

Pronunciation

Noun

mēlēs f (genitive mēlis); third declension

  1. marten; badger

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative mēlēs mēlēs
genitive mēlis mēlium
dative mēlī mēlibus
accusative mēlem mēlēs
mēlīs
ablative mēle mēlibus
vocative mēlēs mēlēs

References

  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fēlēs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 223–224
  • “meles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “meles”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “meles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

meles f

  1. inflection of mele:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧les

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meles

  1. plural of mel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meles

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of melar
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