mellum

Icelandic

Noun

mellum

  1. indefinite dative plural of mella

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension

  1. A collar for dogs
Declension

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

Noun

mellum

  1. genitive plural of mel

References
  • “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), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 64
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