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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespila#Latin" title="mespila">mespila</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Latin/nespila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Latin/nespila (page does not exist)">*nespila</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Latin/nespira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Latin/nespira (page does not exist)">*nespira</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Latin/nespirum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Latin/nespirum (page does not exist)">*nespirum</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD#Ancient_Greek" title="μέσπιλον">μέσπιλον</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">méspilon</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a 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id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">mespilum</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>genitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespili#Latin" title="mespili">mespilī</a></b>)</span>; <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">second declension</a></i> </p> <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/medlar" title="medlar">medlar</a> (fruit or tree)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 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.inflection-table-brown.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}</style> <table class="inflection-table inflection-table-la"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>singular </th> <th>plural </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative_case" title="nominative case">nominative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|s-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">mespilum</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|p-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespila#Latin" title="mespila">mespila</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive_case" title="genitive case">genitive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|s-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespili#Latin" title="mespili">mespilī</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|p-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespilorum#Latin" title="mespilorum">mespilōrum</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/dative_case" title="dative case">dative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|s-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespilo#Latin" title="mespilo">mespilō</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|p-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespilis#Latin" title="mespilis">mespilīs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/accusative_case" title="accusative case">accusative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|s-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">mespilum</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|p-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespila#Latin" title="mespila">mespila</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ablative_case" title="ablative case">ablative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|s-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespilo#Latin" title="mespilo">mespilō</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|p-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespilis#Latin" title="mespilis">mespilīs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/vocative_case" title="vocative case">vocative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|s-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">mespilum</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|p-form-of origin-mespilum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mespila#Latin" title="mespila">mespila</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Old French: <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/mesple#Old_French" title="mesple">mesple</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mesdle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mesdle (page does not exist)">mesdle</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/medle#Old_French" title="medle">medle</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mesle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mesle (page does not exist)">mesle</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style> <ul><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/n%C3%A8fle#French" title="nèfle">nèfle</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/medle#Middle_English" title="medle">medle</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/meyle#Middle_English" title="meyle">meyle</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/mele#Middle_English" title="mele">mele</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/melde#Middle_English" title="melde">melde</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes">⇒</span> <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/medler#Old_French" title="medler">medler</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=meslier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="meslier (page does not exist)">meslier</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> <ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/medler#Middle_English" title="medler">medler</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/meddeler#Middle_English" title="meddeler">meddeler</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/medeler#Middle_English" title="medeler">medeler</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/middiller#Middle_English" title="middiller">middiller</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/medlar#Middle_English" title="medlar">medlar</a></span><ul><li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/medlar#English" title="medlar">medlar</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Fingallian: <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-fin"><a href="/wiki/meddar#Fingallian" title="meddar">meddar</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/nespolo#Italian" title="nespolo">nespolo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/nespola#Italian" title="nespola">nespola</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Mozarabic: <span class="Arab" lang="mxi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="نياشبرش (page does not exist)">نياشبُرُش</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠niéšporoš⁠/</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="mxi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ناشبرش (page does not exist)">ناشبُرُش</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mxi-Latn" class="tr Latn">nāšburuš</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠néšporoš⁠/</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/n%C3%AAspera#Portuguese" title="nêspera">nêspera</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/n%C3%ADspero#Spanish" title="níspero">níspero</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Proto-West Germanic: <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/mespil%C4%81" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mespilā">*mespilā</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> (<i>see there for further descendants</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=mespilum"><span class="Latn" lang="la">mespilum</span></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (<span class="None" lang="und">1879</span>) <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Latin_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:A Latin Dictionary">A Latin Dictionary</a></cite>, Oxford: Clarendon Press</span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/gaffiot/mespilum">mespilum</a> in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Gaffiot, Félix (<span class="None" lang="und">1934</span>) <cite>Dictionnaire illustré latin-français</cite>, Hachette.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mespilum&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Douglas Harper (<span class="None" lang="und">2001–2024</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/medlar">medlar</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Etymology_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Online Etymology Dictionary">Online Etymology Dictionary</a></cite>.</span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mespilum&oldid=81872447">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mespilum&oldid=81872447</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_terms_borrowed_from_Ancient_Greek" title="Category:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek">Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_terms_derived_from_Ancient_Greek" title="Category:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek">Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_3-syllable_words" title="Category:Latin 3-syllable words">Latin 3-syllable words</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation">Latin terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_lemmas" title="Category:Latin lemmas">Latin lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_nouns" title="Category:Latin nouns">Latin nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_second_declension_nouns" title="Category:Latin second declension nouns">Latin second declension nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_neuter_nouns_in_the_second_declension" title="Category:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension">Latin neuter nouns in the second declension</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Latin_neuter_nouns" title="Category:Latin neuter nouns">Latin neuter nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:la:Fruits" title="Category:la:Fruits">la:Fruits</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:la:Pome_fruits" title="Category:la:Pome fruits">la:Pome fruits</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_entries" title="Category:Pages with entries">Pages with entries</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_1_entry" title="Category:Pages with 1 entry">Pages with 1 entry</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 24 September 2024, at 12:38.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Definitions and other text are available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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