molinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti

Proto-Italic *melō

Latin molō

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin molīnus

From molō + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈliː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈliː.nus]

Adjective

molīnus (feminine molīna, neuter molīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational, Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) mill

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	molīnus	molīna	molīnum		molīnī	molīnae	molīna
genitive	molīnī	molīnae	molīnī		molīnōrum	molīnārum	molīnōrum
dative	molīnō	molīnae	molīnō		molīnīs
accusative	molīnum	molīnam	molīnum		molīnōs	molīnās	molīna
ablative	molīnō	molīnā	molīnō		molīnīs
vocative	molīne	molīna	molīnum		molīnī	molīnae	molīna

Derived terms

• molīnum
• molīnārius

Related terms

• mola

References

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