See also: Mallus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mallus m (genitive mallī); second declension

  1. A lock of wool

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mallus mallī
Genitive mallī mallōrum
Dative mallō mallīs
Accusative mallum mallōs
Ablative mallō mallīs
Vocative malle mallī

References edit

  • mallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • mallus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • mallus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mallus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly