mellum

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Icelandic

Noun

mellum

  1. indefinite dative plural of mella

Latin

Etymology 1

Some have suggested a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”),[1] the same root of monīle (“necklace”), but it seems doubtful.

Alternative forms

Noun

mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension

  1. A collar for dogs
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative mellum mella
genitive mellī mellōrum
dative mellō mellīs
accusative mellum mella
ablative mellō mellīs
vocative mellum mella

Etymology 2

Noun

mellum

  1. genitive plural of mel

References

  • “mellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mellum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 64
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