Melita

Latin

Alternative forms

• Melitē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

Proper noun

Melita f sg (genitive Melitae); first declension

1. Malta

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Melita
Genitive	Melitae
Dative	Melitae
Accusative	Melitam
Ablative	Melitā
Vocative	Melita
Locative	Melitae

Derived terms

• Melitēnsis

References

• “Melita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Melita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.