Melitaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Melitē, Malta

語源

From Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē). In reference to Mdina, apparently from its role as the seat of government over the island.

固有名詞

Melita f sg (genitive Melitae); first declension

1. Mdina (a city on the island of Malta, Malta)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
3. (New Latin) Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
4. Mljet (an island in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia)

語形変化

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

派生語

• Melitēnsis

派生した語

• → Arabic: مَالِطَا (māliṭā)
  • Maltese: Malta (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مالطه (malta)
    • Turkish: Malta
  • → South Levantine Arabic: مالطا (mālṭa)
• English: Melita
• → Proto-Slavic: *Mьlětъ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mljet
    • → English: Mljet
    • → Greek: Μλιετ (Mliet)
• Venetan: Meleda
  • → Italian: Meleda
    • → English: Meleda (obsolete)

参照

• “Melita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Melita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.