melopepo

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Koine Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [meːˈɫɔ.pɛ.poː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [meˈlɔː.pe.po] === Noun === mēlopepō m (genitive mēlopeponis); third declension a fragrant (at least for its time), quince-shaped, golden-colored variety of melon (sp. Cucumis melo) that appeared in the Roman Empire ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== mālum mālus pepō ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Late Latin: mēlōAsturian: melónCatalan: melóOld French: melon→ Middle Dutch: meloneAfrikaans: meloenDutch: meloen→ Middle English: mē̆loun, melon, milon→ English: melon→ Cornish: melon→ Japanese: メロン→ Korean: 멜론 (mellon)→ Welsh: melon⇒ Tamil: முலாம்பழம் (mulāmpaḻam)French: melonNorman: m'lonGalician: melónItalian: melone, mellone (dialectal)→ German: Melone→ Hunsrik: MëlonOccitan: melonPiedmontese: mëlon, mlonPortuguese: melãoRomagnol: mlon, mlôn, mlōnSicilian: miluniSpanish: melón → Irish: mealbhacán === References === “melopepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press