medus
Latin
Etymology
From a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun
mēdus m (genitive mēdī); second declension
- A kind of mead
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mēdus | mēdī |
Genitive | mēdī | mēdōrum |
Dative | mēdō | mēdīs |
Accusative | mēdum | mēdōs |
Ablative | mēdō | mēdīs |
Vocative | mēde | mēdī |
References
- medus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- medus 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)
Latvian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Honey_kurtsik.jpg/225px-Honey_kurtsik.jpg)
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medús, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
medus m (3rd declension)
- honey
- medus kāre ― honeycomb
- medus maize ― honey bread
- medus cepumi ― honey biscuits
- ziedu medus ― blossom honey
- mākslīgais medus ― artificial honey
- salds kā medus ― as sweet as honey
- mead
- medus vārīšana ― mead making (lit. boiling)
Declension
Declension of medus (3rd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīvs) | medus | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | medu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | medus | — |
dative (datīvs) | medum | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | medu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | medū | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | medus | — |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “medus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medús, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
medus m
Declension
Declension of medus
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (vardininkas) | medus | medūs |
genitive (kilmininkas) | medaus | medų |
dative (naudininkas) | medui | medums |
accusative (galininkas) | medų | medus |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | medumi | medumis |
locative (vietininkas) | meduje | meduose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | medau | medūs |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “medus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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