molinum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Substantivization of the neuter of the adjective molīnus, from molō, or a shortening of saxum molīnum ("grinding stone").
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔˈliː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [moˈliː.num]
Noun
molīnum n (genitive molīnī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a mill[1]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | molīnum | molīna |
genitive | molīnī | molīnōrum |
dative | molīnō | molīnīs |
accusative | molīnum | molīna |
ablative | molīnō | molīnīs |
vocative | molīnum | molīna |
Related terms
Descendants
Adjective
molīnum
- inflection of molīnus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- "molinum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)