mespilum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === mespila, *nespila, *nespira, *nespirum === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛs.pɪ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛs.pi.lum] === Noun === mespilum n (genitive mespilī); second declension The medlar (fruit or tree) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Old French: mesple, mesdle, medle, mesle French: nèfle → Middle English: medle, meyle, mele, melde ⇒ medler, meslier → Middle English: medler, meddeler, medeler, middiller, medlarEnglish: medlar Italian: nespolo, nespola Mozarabic: نياشبُرُش (/⁠niéšporoš⁠/), ناشبُرُش (nāšburuš /⁠néšporoš⁠/) Portuguese: nêspera Sicilian: nèspulu Spanish: níspero → Proto-West Germanic: *mespilā (see there for further descendants) === References === “mespilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mespilum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “medlar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.