melimelum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.liˈmeː.lum/, [mɛlʲɪˈmeːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈme.lum/, [meliˈmɛːlum]

Noun

melimēlum n (genitive melimēlī); second declension

1. honey apple, sweet apple
   • c. 35 BCE, Horace, Satires (book 2) VIII:

     Post hoc me docuit melimela rubere minorem ad lunam delecta. quid hoc intersit, ab ipso audieris melius.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	melimēlum	melimēla
genitive	melimēlī	melimēlōrum
dative	melimēlō	melimēlīs
accusative	melimēlum	melimēla
ablative	melimēlō	melimēlīs
vocative	melimēlum	melimēla

Descendants

• Galician: marmelo
• French: mélimèle
• Portuguese: marmelo
• Spanish: membrillo