melopepo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /meːˈlo.pe.poː/, [meːˈɫ̪ɔpɛpoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈlo.pe.po/, [meˈlɔːpepo]

Noun

mēlopepō m (genitive mēlopepōnis); third declension

melon, Cucumis melo

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mēlopepō	mēlopepōnēs
Genitive	mēlopepōnis	mēlopepōnum
Dative	mēlopepōnī	mēlopepōnibus
Accusative	mēlopepōnem	mēlopepōnēs
Ablative	mēlopepōne	mēlopepōnibus
Vocative	mēlopepō	mēlopepōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ Late Latin: mēlō
- Asturian: melón
- Catalan: meló
- Old French: melon
  - → Middle Dutch: melone
    - Afrikaans: meloen
    - Dutch: meloen
  - → Middle English: mē̆loun, melon, milon
    - → English: melon, mellon
      - → Japanese: メロン
      - → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
      - → Welsh: melon
  - French: melon
  - Norman: m'lon
- Galician: melón
- Italian: melone
  - → German: Melone
- Occitan: melon
- Piedmontese: mëlon, mlon
- Portuguese: melão
- Romagnol: mlon, mlôn, mlōn
- Sicilian: miluni
- Spanish: melón
→ Irish: mealbhacán

References

“melopepo” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary

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