mellum

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Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

mellum

  1. indefinite dative plural of mella

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension

  1. A collar for dogs
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mellum mella
Genitive mellī mellōrum
Dative mellō mellīs
Accusative mellum mella
Ablative mellō mellīs
Vocative mellum mella

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

mellum

  1. genitive plural of mel

References[edit]

  • “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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