Meldi
Latin
Etymology
Gaulish/Celtic name, also spelled as Maldi, from Proto-Celtic *meldo (“pleasant”) or *mlido- (“soft”), both from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛɫ.diː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl̪.d̪i]
Proper noun
Meldī m pl (genitive Meldōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Iatinum
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Meldī |
| genitive | Meldōrum |
| dative | Meldīs |
| accusative | Meldōs |
| ablative | Meldīs |
| vocative | Meldī |
References
- “Meldi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Meldi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Meldi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN