milium
See also: Milium
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪliəm
Noun
editmilium (plural milia)
- (dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editkeratin-filled cyst
Further reading
edit- Milium (disease) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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 Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmiːlium]
Noun
editmilium n (genitive miliī or milī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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
editDescendants
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
- Sicilian: migghiu
- Spanish: mijo
- Venetian: méjo
- Walloon: milet
Etymology 2
editInflected form of mīlle (“thousand”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.li.um/, [ˈmiːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmiːlium]
Numeral
editmīlium
Usage notes
editSee 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.
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