English edit

Noun edit

meles

  1. plural of mele

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

Noun edit

meles

  1. plural of mel

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Maybe borrowed together with fēlēs, likewise unexplained and the only other animal name with such a measure, from the alpine direction.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mēlēs f (genitive mēlis); third declension

  1. marten; badger

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mēlēs mēlēs
Genitive mēlis mēlium
Dative mēlī mēlibus
Accusative mēlem mēlēs
mēlīs
Ablative mēle mēlibus
Vocative mēlēs mēlēs

References edit

  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fēlēs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 223–224
  • meles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • meles”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
  • meles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meles”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian edit

Noun edit

meles f

  1. inflection of mele:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧les

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

meles

  1. plural of mel

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

meles

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of melar