Latin

Noun

molendīnum n ‎(genitive molendīnī); second declension

1. A milling-place, mill, mill-house.
   • 1789, Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

     servitium, quo feudatorii grana ſua ad Domini molendinum, ibi molenda perferre, ex conſuetudine, aſtringuntur

     Servitude, whereby vassals are forced to carry their grains to the feudal lord's mill, therein to be ground, in accordance with custom.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

References

• molendinum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MOLENDINUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “molendinum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.