melotris

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηλωτρίς (mēlōtrís).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈloː.tris/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈlo.tris/,

Noun

mēlōtris f (genitive mēlōtridis); third declension

(medicine) A probe, mostly for the ears

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēlōtris	mēlōtridēs
genitive	mēlōtridis	mēlōtridum
dative	mēlōtridī	mēlōtridibus
accusative	mēlōtridem	mēlōtridēs
ablative	mēlōtride	mēlōtridibus
vocative	mēlōtris	mēlōtridēs

References

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

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