meos

See also: Meos

Latin

Pronunciation

• meōs: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈme.oːs]
• meōs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.os]

Pronoun

meōs

1. accusative masculine plural of meus

Pronoun

meos (ablative plural meois)

1. Old Latin form of meus
   • c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:

     𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏

     NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
     nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]

     Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *meus, from Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence also Old High German mios. Related to Old English mos (English moss) through Proto-Germanic *musą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me͜oːs/

Noun

mēos m

1. moss

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mēos	mēosas
accusative	mēos	mēosas
genitive	mēoses	mēosa
dative	mēose	mēosum

Related terms

• mos

Descendants

• Middle English: mese, messe, mes, meose
  • English: meese, meece
  • Scots: mese

Portuguese

Determiner

meos

1. masculine plural of meo

Pronoun

meos

1. masculine plural of meo