meum
See also: Meum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mēum (“Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmi.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːəm
Noun
meum (uncountable)
Translations
See also
References
- Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Etymology 1
Translated by Pliny the Elder from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon, “Meum athamanticum”), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.um]
Noun
mēum n (genitive mēī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mēum | mēa |
genitive | mēī | mēōrum |
dative | mēō | mēīs |
accusative | mēum | mēa |
ablative | mēō | mēīs |
vocative | mēum | mēa |
Descendants
- → English: meum
- → Italian: meo
- → Middle French: meu?
- → English: meu
- → Translingual: Meum, Meum athamanticum
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈme.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.um]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛu̯m]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛu̯m]
Pronoun
meum
- inflection of meus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
See also
References
- “meum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
- (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat