melca

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-[1]. Compare English milk.

Noun

melca f (genitive melcae); first declension

  1. milk with spices

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative melca melcae
genitive melcae melcārum
dative melcae melcīs
accusative melcam melcās
ablative melcā melcīs
vocative melca melcae

References

  • melca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “melca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 62
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