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Melpis
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Melfis
Etymology
Similar to the placenames en Melpes (see it Melfi) and en Melpum. According to De Giovanni, all are from a Mediterranean (possibly la itc -, like the Oenotrians) la qfa-sub - und *melf, und *melp, of uncertain meaning, possibly meaning "mud."
Pronunciation
Melpis
Proper noun
Melpis<3> m
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A small river of Latium falling into the Liris, now Melfa
Declension
Melpis<3>
Descendants
it Melfa
References
Giacinto de' Sivo, Storia delle Due Sicilie, dal 1847 al 1861, Oxford University Press, 1864.
Alessio-De Giovanni: Alessio, G., De Giovanni, M., Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea, Atti del VII congresso internazionale di scienze onomastiche, vol. 1, Firenze 1962, pp. 65-129.
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