melum

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon). Doublet of mālum, from dialectal Ancient Greek μᾶλον (mâlon). First attested in Petronius.

Pronunciation

Noun

mēlum n (genitive mēlī); second declension

  1. apple

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mēlum mēla
Genitive mēlī mēlōrum
Dative mēlō mēlīs
Accusative mēlum mēla
Ablative mēlō mēlīs
Vocative mēlum mēla

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: mer, meru
  • Italian: mela
  • Friulian: mêl
  • Neapolitan: mìlo, méla
  • Romanian: măr
  • Romansch: mel, mail, meil
  • Spanish: mela

References

  • Alkire, Ti, Rosen, Carol (2010) Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 258
  • Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 195
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