fotmellum

Latin

Alternative forms

fōtmēllus, fōtmēlum, fōtmāllum, fōtemāllus

Etymology

From Middle English fōtmāl, fōtmēl, from Old English fōtmǣl.

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fotˈmel.lum/, [fot̪ˈmɛlːum]

Noun

fōtmēllum n (genitive fōtmēllī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) fotmal, a unit of 70 pounds used for measuring lead
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
  carrus plumbi constat ex triginta fotmallis
  The cartload of lead is formed from thirty fotmals.

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