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melinus
melinus
Latin
Adjective
melinus m (feminine melina, neuter melinum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to honey.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | melinus | melina | melinum | melinī | melinae | melina | |
| genitive | melinī | melinae | melinī | melinōrum | melinārum | melinōrum | |
| dative | melinō | melinō | melinīs | ||||
| accusative | melinum | melinam | melinum | melinōs | melinās | melina | |
| ablative | melinō | melinā | melinō | melinīs | |||
| vocative | meline | melina | melinum | melinī | melinae | melina | |
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Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “made of apples or quinces”).
Adjective
mēlinus m (feminine mēlina, neuter mēlinum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | mēlinus | mēlina | mēlinum | mēlinī | mēlinae | mēlina | |
| genitive | mēlinī | mēlinae | mēlinī | mēlinōrum | mēlinārum | mēlinōrum | |
| dative | mēlinō | mēlinō | mēlinīs | ||||
| accusative | mēlinum | mēlinam | mēlinum | mēlinōs | mēlinās | mēlina | |
| ablative | mēlinō | mēlinā | mēlinō | mēlinīs | |||
| vocative | mēline | mēlina | mēlinum | mēlinī | mēlinae | mēlina | |
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Etymology 3
From mēles (“marten, badger”).
Adjective
mēlīnus m (feminine mēlīna, neuter mēlīnum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to a marten.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | mēlīnus | mēlīna | mēlīnum | mēlīnī | mēlīnae | mēlīna | |
| genitive | mēlīnī | mēlīnae | mēlīnī | mēlīnōrum | mēlīnārum | mēlīnōrum | |
| dative | mēlīnō | mēlīnō | mēlīnīs | ||||
| accusative | mēlīnum | mēlīnam | mēlīnum | mēlīnōs | mēlīnās | mēlīna | |
| ablative | mēlīnō | mēlīnā | mēlīnō | mēlīnīs | |||
| vocative | mēlīne | mēlīna | mēlīnum | mēlīnī | mēlīnae | mēlīna | |
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References
- melinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- MELINUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “melinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.