meles

See also: meleš, melēs, melés, mêles, mêlés, mēles, mēlēs, мелешь, and Meles

English

Noun

meles

1. plural of mele

Anagrams

• LEEMs, lemes, mesel

Galician

Noun

meles

1. plural of mel

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe borrowed together with fēlēs, likewise unexplained and the only other animal name with such a measure, from the alpine direction.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.leːs/, [ˈmeːɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.les/, [ˈmɛːles]

Noun

mēlēs f (genitive mēlis); third declension

1. marten; badger

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mēlēs	mēlēs
Genitive	mēlis	mēlium
Dative	mēlī	mēlibus
Accusative	mēlem	mēlēs mēlīs
Ablative	mēle	mēlibus
Vocative	mēlēs	mēlēs

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fēlēs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 223–224
• “meles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “meles”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “meles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

meles f

1. inflection of mele:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.lis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.lis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.liʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.les/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.lɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: me‧les

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meles

1. plural of mel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of melar