Mela

See also: mela, mêla, měla, meļa, mela-, mēļa, and mēļā

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mel. (abbreviation)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛːlä]

Proper noun

Mela m sg (genitive Melae); first declension

1. A Roman masculine cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Pomponius Mela (ob. circa AD 45), the earliest Roman geographer
   2. Annius Mela (cos. AD 103), a Roman senator and consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mela
Genitive	Melae
Dative	Melae
Accusative	Melam
Ablative	Melā
Vocative	Mela

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Мела (Mela)

References

• “Mĕla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mĕla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 961/2.
• “Mela” on page 1,092/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• Pomponius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Annius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la