"melem" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈmeː.ɫẽː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛː.lem] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: mēlem [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=mēlem}} mēlem
  1. accusative singular of mēlēs Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: mēlēs
    Sense id: en-melem-la-noun-pGS7yb~9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 25 16 23 3 31 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 15 33 2 27 1 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛle/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], /ˈmɛles/ [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], /ˈmɛle/ [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], /ˈmɛli/ [dative, genitive, singular], - [dative, genitive, plural]
Etymology: From Classical mel n, with a paragogic /-e/ and change in gender. Compare *corem (“heart”), *felem (“bile”). Head templates: {{head|la|noun|g=mf}} *melem m or f, {{tlb|la|PR}} (Proto-Romance)
  1. honey Tags: Proto-Romance, feminine, masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-melem-la-noun-pV4uOEal Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Romance
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          "lang_code": "osp",
          "word": "miel"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ladino",
              "lang_code": "lad",
              "word": "miel"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ladino",
              "lang_code": "lad",
              "word": "myel"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ladino",
              "lang_code": "lad",
              "word": "מייל"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Samoan",
                  "lang_code": "sm",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed",
                    "uncertain"
                  ],
                  "word": "meli"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Spanish",
              "lang_code": "es",
              "word": "miel"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Spanish",
          "lang_code": "osp",
          "word": "myel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ibero-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical mel n, with a paragogic /-e/ and change in gender. Compare *corem (“heart”), *felem (“bile”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "/ˈmɛles/",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "/ˈmɛle/",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "/ˈmɛli/",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "mf"
      },
      "expansion": "*melem m or f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "PR"
      },
      "expansion": "(Proto-Romance)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/melem",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Romance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honey",
          "honey#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Proto-Romance",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛle/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melem"
}

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