melopepo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈlo.pe.poː/, [meːˈɫ̪ɔpɛpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈlo.pe.po/, [meˈlɔːpepo]

Noun

mēlopepō m (genitive mēlopepōnis); third declension

1. melon, Cucumis melo

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mēlopepō	mēlopepōnēs
Genitive	mēlopepōnis	mēlopepōnum
Dative	mēlopepōnī	mēlopepōnibus
Accusative	mēlopepōnem	mēlopepōnēs
Ablative	mēlopepōne	mēlopepōnibus
Vocative	mēlopepō	mēlopepōnēs

Related terms

• mālum
• mālus
• pepō

Descendants

• ⇒ Late Latin: mēlō
  • Asturian: melón
  • Catalan: meló
  • Old French: melon
    • → Middle Dutch: melone
      • Afrikaans: meloen
      • Dutch: meloen
    • → Middle English: mē̆loun, melon, milon
      • → English: melon, mellon
        • → Japanese: メロン
        • → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
        • → Welsh: melon
    • French: melon
    • Norman: m'lon
  • Galician: melón
  • Italian: melone
    • → German: Melone
  • Occitan: melon
  • Piedmontese: mëlon, mlon
  • Portuguese: melão
  • Romagnol: mlon, mlôn, mlōn
  • Sicilian: miluni
  • Spanish: melón
• → Irish: mealbhacán

References

• “melopepo” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary