Μελησμός

care, diligence

Translated by Catharine Roth10 May 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] slowness.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελησμός· ἡ βραδυτής.

Betacode

*melhsmo/s: h( braduth/s.

Ps.-Herodian glosses this headword with h( fronti/s "concern"; Orion [Author, Myth], the Etymologicum Magnum, and the Etymologicum Gudianum recognize the derivation from me/lw (mu 539, mu 540). The Suda's gloss is associated with me/llhsis in other lexica; cf. mu 491.

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