melimelum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Descendants

  • English: marmelade
  • Galician: marmelo
  • Portuguese: marmelo
  • Spanish: membrillo
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