Mellaria

See also: mellaria and mellaría

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /melˈlaː.ri.a/, [mɛlˈlʲäːriä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /melˈla.ri.a/, [melˈläːriä]

Proper noun

Mellāria f sg (genitive Mellāriae); first declension

  1. a town of the Bastuli in Hispania Baetica, possesing establishments for salting fish

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mellāria
Genitive Mellāriae
Dative Mellāriae
Accusative Mellāriam
Ablative Mellāriā
Vocative Mellāria
Locative Mellāriae

Derived terms
  • Mellāriēnsēs

References
  • “Mellaria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Mellaria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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