melopepo

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [meːˈɫɔ.pɛ.poː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈlɔː.pe.po]

Noun

mēlopepō m (genitive mēlopeponis); third declension

a fragrant (at least for its time), quince-shaped, golden-colored variety of melon (sp. Cucumis melo) that appeared in the Roman Empire

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēlopepō	mēlopeponēs
genitive	mēlopeponis	mēlopeponum
dative	mēlopeponī	mēlopeponibus
accusative	mēlopeponem	mēlopeponēs
ablative	mēlopepone	mēlopeponibus
vocative	mēlopepō	mēlopeponēs

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ Late Latin: mēlō
- Asturian: melón
- Catalan: meló
- Old French: melon
  - → Middle Dutch: melone
    - Afrikaans: meloen
    - Dutch: meloen
  - → Middle English: mē̆loun, melon, milon
    - → English: melon
      - → Cornish: melon
      - → Japanese: メロン
      - → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
      - → Welsh: melon
  - French: melon
  - Norman: m'lon
- Galician: melón
- Italian: melone, mellone (dialectal)
  - → German: Melone
  - → Hunsrik: Mëlon
- Occitan: melon
- Piedmontese: mëlon, mlon
- Portuguese: melão
- Romagnol: mlon, mlôn, mlōn
- Sicilian: miluni
- Spanish: melón
→ Irish: mealbhacán

References

“melopepo” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary