LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

mĕlos1

Meaning

  1. a tune, air, strain, song, lay

mĕlos, i, n. (Greek plur. mele, Lucr. 2, 412.—In
I. masc.: quosdam melos, Cato ap. Non. 213, 17; so Pac. and Varr. ib.), = μέλος, a tune, air, strain, song, lay (ante-class. and poet.): suave summum melos, Naev. ap. Non. 213, 11: quosdam melos, Cato ap. Non. 77, 7: Silvani melo Consimilis cantus, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89: longum, Hor. C. 3, 4, 2: Pegaseium, Pers. prol. —Greek plur.: cui brevia mela modifica recino, Aus. Parent. 27.
proper noun · femininesecond declension
Mēlos2
Mēlos f sg (genitive Mēlī)
Classical[ˈmeː.ɫɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.los]

Meaning

  1. Milos

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMēlos—
genitiveMēlī—
dativeMēlō—
accusativeMēlon—
ablativeMēlō—
vocativeMēle—
locativeMēlī—

Mēlos, i, f., = Μῆλος,
I. an island in the Ægean Sea, one of the Cyclades, now Milo, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.—Hence,
I. Mēlĭus, a, um, adj., of Melos: Diagoras Melius, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2.—
II. Mēlĭnus, a, um, v. 4. Melinus.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μῆλος (Mêlos).

Descendants
  • EnglishMelos

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyMelosMelos (Μῆλος: Eth. Μήλιος: Milo), an island in the Aegean sea, and the most south-westerly of the Cyclades, whence it was called Zephyria by Aristotle…

Quick answers

What does mĕlos mean in Latin?
mĕlos, a noun, means “a tune, air, strain, song, lay”.