Mela
See also: mela, mêla, měla, meļa, mela-, mēļa, and mēļā
Galician
Etymology
From Carmela: Carme + -ela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛlɐ]
Proper noun
Mela f
- a diminutive of the female given name Carme
References
- “Mela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “Mela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Latin
Alternative forms
- Mel. (abbreviation)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛːlä]
Proper noun
Mela m sg (genitive Melae); first declension
- A Roman masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Pomponius Mela (ob. circa AD 45), the earliest Roman geographer
- Annius Mela (cos. AD 103), a Roman senator and consul
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mela |
| Genitive | Melae |
| Dative | Melae |
| Accusative | Melam |
| Ablative | Melā |
| Vocative | Mela |
Descendants
- Bulgarian: Мела (Mela)
References
- “Mĕla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mĕla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 961/2
- “Mela” on page 1,092/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Pomponius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la- Annius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la