Melodunum
Latin
Etymology
A Celtic/Gaulish name Melodonum, the second element from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, fort”) and the first from *mello-, *melno-, which could be from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“limb”), see also Breton mell, Irish meall (“mass, lump”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.ɫɔˈduː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.loˈd̪uː.num]
Proper noun
Melodūnum n sg (genitive Melodūnī); second declension
- A town of the Senones in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Melun
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Melodūnum |
| genitive | Melodūnī |
| dative | Melodūnō |
| accusative | Melodūnum |
| ablative | Melodūnō |
| vocative | Melodūnum |
| locative | Melodūnī |
References
- “Melodunum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN