Meldi

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish/Celtic name, also spelled as Maldi, from Proto-Celtic *meldo (“pleasant”) or *mlido- (“soft”), both from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.diː/, [ˈmɛɫ̪d̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.di/, [ˈmɛl̪d̪i]

Proper noun

Meldī m pl (genitive Meldōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Iatinum

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Meldī
Genitive	Meldōrum
Dative	Meldīs
Accusative	Meldōs
Ablative	Meldīs
Vocative	Meldī

References

• “Meldi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Meldi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Meldi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN