Mela

See also: mela, mêla, měla, meļa, mela-, mēļa, and mēļā

Latin

Alternative forms

Mel. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛ.ɫa]

Proper noun

Mela m (genitive Melae); first declension

A Roman masculine cognomen — famously held by:
1. Pomponius Mela (ob. circa AD 45), the earliest Roman geographer
2. Annius Mela (cos. AD 103), a Roman senator and consul

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mela
Genitive	Melae
Dative	Melae
Accusative	Melam
Ablative	Melā
Vocative	Mela

Descendants

Bulgarian: Мела (Mela)

References

Mĕla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Mĕla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 961/2
“Mela” on page 1,092/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

Pomponius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
Annius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.