LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

molīnum

molīnum n (genitive molīnī)
Classical[mɔˈliː.nũː]Ecclesiastical[moˈliː.num]

Meaning

  1. Late Latina mill

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemolīnummolīna
genitivemolīnīmolīnōrum
dativemolīnōmolīnīs
accusativemolīnummolīna
ablativemolīnōmolīnīs
vocativemolīnummolīna

Origins

Substantivization of the neuter of the adjective molīnus, from molō, or a shortening of saxum molīnum ("grinding stone").

Elsewhere
  • Englishmolinefrom Old French molin
  • Frenchmoulinfrom Old French molin
  • Englishmoulinfrom Old French molin
  • Sardinianmolinu
  • Sardinianmulinu
  • Walloonmolénfrom Old French molin
  • Venetanmulin
  • Venetanmolin
  • Venetanmułin
  • Albanianmulli
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianmulino
  • Italianmolino
  • Sicilianmulinu
Old Occitan
  • Catalanmolí
  • Occitanmolin
West Iberian
  • Portuguesemoinhofrom Old Galician-Portuguese moỹo
  • Spanishmolino
  • Asturianmolín
  • Leonesemolín
  • Mirandesemolino
  • Galicianmuíñofrom Old Galician-Portuguese moỹo
  • Galicianmuínfrom Old Galician-Portuguese moỹo
Padanian
  • Emilianmulén
  • Friulianmulin
  • Lombardmolin
  • Lombardmulin
  • Piedmontesemolin
  • Piedmontesemulin
  • Romanshmulin
  • Romanshmulegn

Quick answers

What does molīnum mean in Latin?
molīnum, a noun, means “a mill”.
What is the genitive of molīnum?
The genitive singular is molīnī. molīnum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce molīnum?
In classical Latin, [mɔˈliː.nũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [moˈliː.num].