malinus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾱ́λινος (mā́linos), Doric variant of μήλινος (mḗlinos), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.li.nus/, [ˈmäːlʲɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.li.nus/, [ˈmäːlinus]

Adjective

mālinus (feminine mālina, neuter mālinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. apple-, of the apple-tree
2. apple-green

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mālinus	mālina	mālinum		mālinī	mālinae	mālina
Genitive	mālinī	mālinae	mālinī		mālinōrum	mālinārum	mālinōrum
Dative	mālinō		mālinō		mālinīs
Accusative	mālinum	mālinam	mālinum		mālinōs	mālinās	mālina
Ablative	mālinō	mālinā	mālinō		mālinīs
Vocative	māline	mālina	mālinum		mālinī	mālinae	mālina

Related terms

• mālum
• mālus
• mālifer

References

• “malinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• malinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.