mulleus

Latin

Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:

From mullus (“mullet”), but considered folk etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”), Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirt, filth, dust”), Latvian melns, and Old Prussian melne.

mulleus (feminine mullea, neuter mulleum); first/second declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	mulleus	mullea	mulleum	mulleī	mulleae	mullea
Genitive	mulleī	mulleae	mulleī	mulleōrum	mulleārum	mulleōrum
Dative	mulleō	mulleae	mulleō	mulleīs
Accusative	mulleum	mulleam	mulleum	mulleōs	mulleās	mullea
Ablative	mulleō	mulleā	mulleō	mulleīs
Vocative	mullee	mullea	mulleum	mulleī	mulleae	mullea

mulleus calceus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mulleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “mulleus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 122

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