meles

meles

1. plural of mele

• LEEMs, lemes, mesel

meles

1. plural of mel

Unknown. Maybe borrowed together with fēlēs, likewise unexplained and the only other animal name with such a measure, from the alpine direction.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.leːs/, [ˈmeːɫ̪eːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.les/, [ˈmɛːles]

mēlēs f (genitive mēlis); third declension

1. badger

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “fēlēs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 223–224
• “meles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “meles”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “meles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

meles f

1. genitive singular form of mele
2. nominative plural form of mele
3. vocative plural form of mele
4. accusative plural form of mele

meles

1. plural of mel