melilotos

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melílōtos, “melilot”), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”).

Pronunciation

Noun

melilōtos f (genitive melilōtī); second declension

  1. melilot, Melilotus sp.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative melilōtos melilōtī
Genitive melilōtī melilōtōrum
Dative melilōtō melilōtīs
Accusative melilōton melilōtōs
Ablative melilōtō melilōtīs
Vocative melilōte melilōtī

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Melilotus

References

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