meum

See also: Meum

English

meum (Meum athamanticum)

Etymology

From Latin mēum (“Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːəm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmi.əm/

Noun

meum (uncountable)

  1. spignel, Meum athamanticum

Synonyms

References

Latin

Etymology 1

Translated by Pliny the Elder from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon, “Meum athamanticum”), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.um/, [ˈmeː.ũ]

Noun

mēum n (genitive mēī); second declension

  1. an umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mēum mēa
genitive mēī mēōrum
dative mēō mēīs
accusative mēum mēa
ablative mēō mēīs
vocative mēum mēa
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Pronoun

meum

  1. nominative neuter singular of meus
  2. accusative masculine singular of meus
  3. accusative neuter singular of meus
  4. vocative neuter singular of meus
See also

References

  • meum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
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