meles
English
Noun
meles
- plural of mele
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
meles
- plural of mel
Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Maybe borrowed together with fēlēs, likewise unexplained and the only other animal name with such a measure, from the alpine direction.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.ɫeːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.les]
Noun
mēlēs f (genitive mēlis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēlēs | mēlēs |
| genitive | mēlis | mēlium |
| dative | mēlī | mēlibus |
| accusative | mēlem | mēlēs mēlīs |
| ablative | mēle | mēlibus |
| vocative | mēlēs | mēlēs |
Descendants
References
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fēlēs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 223–224
- “meles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “meles”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “meles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Latvian
Noun
meles f
- inflection of mele:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative plural
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.lis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.liʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.les/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.lɨʃ/
- Hyphenation: me‧les
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
meles
- plural of mel
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
meles
- second-person singular present subjunctive of melar