milium
See also: Milium
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪliəm
Noun edit
milium (plural milia)
- (dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
keratin-filled cyst
Further reading edit
Milium (disease) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Italic *meljom, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmiːlium]
Noun edit
milium n (genitive miliī or milī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | milium | milia |
| Genitive | miliī milī1 |
miliōrum |
| Dative | miliō | miliīs |
| Accusative | milium | milia |
| Ablative | miliō | miliīs |
| Vocative | milium | milia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Milium
- → Albanian: mel
- Aromanian: melj, meljiu
- Asturian: millu
- Catalan: mill
- Corsican: migliu
- Dalmatian: mail
- French: millet, mil
- → English: millet
- Friulian: mei
- Italian: miglio
- Occitan: melh, milhet
- Old Galician-Portuguese: milho
- Romanian: mei
- Spanish: mijo
- Venetian: méjo
- Walloon: milet
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of mīlle (“thousand”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.li.um/, [ˈmiːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmiːlium]
Numeral edit
mīlium
Usage notes edit
See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
References edit
- “milium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “milium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- milium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.