molinum

Latin

Alternative forms

molīna

Etymology

Substantivization of the neuter of the adjective molīnus, from molō, or a shortening of saxum molīnum ("grinding stone").

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈliː.num/, [mɔˈlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈli.num/, [moˈliːnum]

Noun

molīnum n (genitive molīnī); second declension

(Late Latin) a mill[1]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	molīnum	molīna
Genitive	molīnī	molīnōrum
Dative	molīnō	molīnīs
Accusative	molīnum	molīna
Ablative	molīnō	molīnīs
Vocative	molīnum	molīna

Related terms

molīnārius

Descendants

Italo-Dalmatian
- Italian: mulino, molino
- Sicilian: mulinu
Old French: molin
- Middle French: moulin
  - French: moulin
- Walloon: molén
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: molí
- Occitan: molin
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulian: mulin
- Romansch: mulin, mulegn
Sardinian: molinu, mulinu
Venetian: mulin, molin, mułin
West Iberian
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: molín
  - Leonese: molín
  - Mirandese: molino
- Old Portuguese: moỹo, moinno
  - Galician: muíño, muín
  - Portuguese: moinho
- Old Spanish:
  - Spanish: molino
→ Albanian: mulli
→ Breton: milin
→ Proto-West Germanic: *mulīnu (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Irish: muilend
- Irish: muileann
- Scottish Gaelic: muileann
→ Welsh: melin

Adjective

molīnum

inflection of molīnus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular

References

molinum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=2036585

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