molendinum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From molō (“grind in a mill”).
Noun[edit]
molendīnum n (genitive molendīnī); second declension
- A milling-place, mill, mill-house.
- 1789, Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne:
- Servitium, quo feudatorii grana ſua ad Domini molendinum, ibi molenda perferre, ex conſuetudine, aſtringuntur.
- Servitude, whereby vassals are forced to carry their grains to the feudal lord's mill, therein to be ground, in accordance with custom.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | molendīnum | molendīna |
| Genitive | molendīnī | molendīnōrum |
| Dative | molendīnō | molendīnīs |
| Accusative | molendīnum | molendīna |
| Ablative | molendīnō | molendīnīs |
| Vocative | molendīnum | molendīna |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “molendinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- molendinum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- molendinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.