mellum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • millus
  • melium

Etymology 1

Some have suggested a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”)[1], the same root of monile (“necklace”), but it seems doubtful.

Noun

mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension

  1. A collar for dogs

Inflection

Second declension.

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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