melimelum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Noun

melimēlum n (genitive melimēlī); second declension

  1. honey apple, sweet apple
    • c. 35 BCE, Horace, Satires (book 2) VIII:
      Post hoc me docuit melimela rubere minorem ad lunam delecta. quid hoc intersit, ab ipso audieris melius.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative melimēlum melimēla
Genitive melimēlī melimēlōrum
Dative melimēlō melimēlīs
Accusative melimēlum melimēla
Ablative melimēlō melimēlīs
Vocative melimēlum melimēla

Descendants
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