melotris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηλωτρίς (mēlōtrís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈloː.tris/, [meːˈɫ̪oːt̪rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈlo.tris/, [meˈlɔːt̪ris]

Noun

mēlōtris f (genitive mēlōtridis); third declension

1. (medicine) A probe, mostly for the ears

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēlōtris	mēlōtridēs
genitive	mēlōtridis	mēlōtridum
dative	mēlōtridī	mēlōtridibus
accusative	mēlōtridem	mēlōtridēs
ablative	mēlōtride	mēlōtridibus
vocative	mēlōtris	mēlōtridēs

References

• “melotris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• melotris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.