Μυλαῖος

Mylaian, Mylaean

Translated by Nicholas Fincher5 Aug 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 18 words
[Meaning] he [who originates] from a place [sc. called Mylai].1 Also [sc. attested is the unrelated term] molysmos.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυλαῖος· ὁ ἀπὸ τόπου. καὶ ὁ Μολυσμός.

Betacode
*mulai=os: o( a)po\ to/pou. kai\ o( *molusmo/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. glosses Mylai as 'a city of Sicily', adding that there was another in Thessaly. (See, respectively, Barrington Atlas map 47 grid G2 ('Mylae') and map 55 grid C1.) He asserts that Mylaios was the ethnikon of the latter, and Mylaites that of the (much better-known) former. However, his claims in this area can rarely be taken categorically, and they are especially dubious in this instance when he offers 'Athenaites from Athens' as an analogy. ↩
  2. 2A defilement or pollution; cf. delta 522 (= eta 450), lambda 792, phi 823. ↩

Neighbouring entries

μ1405ΜυλασέωνMylasians', of Mylasiansμ1406Μύλαιmolarsμ1407ΜυλαῖοςMylaian, Mylaeanμ1408Μύληmill, bottom millstoneμ1409Μυλήφατοςmill-bruised
Revision history4 revisions · last 29 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. typo — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. supplemented headword; modified translation and notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Nicholas Fincher

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