melimelum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.liˈmeː.lum/, [mɛlʲɪˈmeːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.liˈme.lum/, [meliˈmɛːlum]
Noun[edit]
melimēlum n (genitive melimēlī); second declension
- honey apple, sweet apple
- c. 35 BCE, Horace, Satires (book 2) VIII:
- Post hoc me docuit melimela rubere minorem ad lunam delecta. quid hoc intersit, ab ipso audieris melius.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | melimēlum | melimēla |
| Genitive | melimēlī | melimēlōrum |
| Dative | melimēlō | melimēlīs |
| Accusative | melimēlum | melimēla |
| Ablative | melimēlō | melimēlīs |
| Vocative | melimēlum | melimēla |