Μελδόμενος

being boiled-down, being melted-down

Translated by Kyle Helms5 May 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

6 words

[Meaning one who is] being burned.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελδόμενος· καιόμενος.

Betacode

*meldo/menos: kaio/menos.

Notes

The headword meldo/menos is the present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb me/ldw I soften by boiling. It is quoted here (and in other lexica) from Homer, Iliad 21.363 (web address 1 below), where Hephaestus' defeat of the River Xanthus is likened to a pig's fat melting. (See also under mu 471.) The glossing participle kaio/menos has been used in line 361.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ471Μέλδοντεςmelting down[Meaning they who are] dissolving, boiling. "Melting down oxen's entrails," that is boiling [them]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase], "[one who is] melting down (meldo/menos) fats." Meaning melting (me/ldwn) the fats.

Neighbouring entries

μ468Μελεαγρίδεςguinea-fowl, meleagrids μ469ΜελέαγροςMeleager, Meleagros μ470Μελδόμενοςbeing boiled-down, being melted-down μ471Μέλδοντεςmelting down μ472Μελεδαίνεινto care for, to attend upon

Revision history2 revisions · last 15 May 2013

15 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
6 May 2009expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 May 2009Translated — Kyle Helms