Melos

See also: melos, mélos, meļos, and mēļos

English

Proper noun

Melos

1. Alternative spelling of Milos

Anagrams

• Solem, moels, moles

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μῆλος (Mêlos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.los/, [ˈmeːɫ̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.los/, [ˈmɛːlos]

Proper noun

Mēlos f sg (genitive Mēlī); second declension

1. Milos

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mēlos
Genitive	Mēlī
Dative	Mēlō
Accusative	Mēlon
Ablative	Mēlō
Vocative	Mēle

Related terms

• Mēlius

References

• “Melos2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Melos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Melos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.