mellum

Latin

Alternative forms
  • millus
  • melium

Etymology 1

Some have suggested a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”)[1], the same root of monīle (“necklace”), but it seems doubtful.

Noun

mellum n (genitive mellī); second declension

  1. A collar for dogs

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mellum mella
Genitive mellī mellōrum
Dative mellō mellīs
Accusative mellum mella
Ablative mellō mellīs
Vocative mellum mella

Etymology 2

Noun

mellum

  1. genitive plural of mel

References
  • mellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “mellum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 64
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