meum
See also: Meum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mēum (“Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meum (uncountable)
Translations edit
Meum athamanticum — see baldmoney
See also edit
References edit
- Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Translated by Pliny the Elder from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon, “Meum athamanticum”), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.um/, [ˈmeːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.um/, [ˈmɛːum]
Noun edit
mēum n (genitive mēī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mēum | mēa |
Genitive | mēī | mēōrum |
Dative | mēō | mēīs |
Accusative | mēum | mēa |
Ablative | mēō | mēīs |
Vocative | mēum | mēa |
Descendants edit
- English: meum
- Middle French: meu (perhaps)
- English: meu
- Translingual: Meum, Meum athamanticum
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.um/, [ˈmeʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.um/, [ˈmɛːum]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meu̯m/, [mɛu̯m]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meu̯m/, [mɛu̯m]
Pronoun edit
meum
- inflection of meus:
See also edit
References edit
- “meum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
- (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat