Μελία

manna ash

Translated by David Whitehead12 Oct 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
A kind of tree.1
Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "settling on a thick-leaved manna ash".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελία· εἶδος δένδρου. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· ἱζόμενος μελίας ἐπὶ φυλλοκόμου.

Betacode
*meli/a: ei)=dos de/ndrou. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: i(zo/menos meli/as e)pi\ fulloko/mou.

Notes (2)

  1. Fraxinus ornus.
  2. 1From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.143 (web address 1). ↩
  3. 2Aristophanes, Birds 742 [741 in some editions] (web address 2). ↩

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Neighbouring entries

μ498ΜέλητοιMeletos-esμ499Μέλιhoneyμ500Μελίαmanna ashμ501ΜελίβοιανMeliboia, Meliboeaμ502ΜελίβοιοςMeliboeus, Meliboios
Revision history4 revisions · last 19 May 2013
  1. upgraded links — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. adjusted reference — David Whitehead
  4. added links — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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