Μελιηδής

honey-sweet

Translated by Ioannis Doukas31 Dec 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

[Meaning] the sweetest.¹ And Homer [writes]: "[A] robbed [B] of honey-sweet life".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελιηδής· ὁ γλυκύτατος. καὶ Ὅμηρος· μελιηδέα θυμὸν ἀπηύρα.

Betacode

*melihdh/s: o( gluku/tatos. kai\ *(/omhros: melihde/a qumo\n a)phu/ra.

Notes (2)

1Similarly glossed already in Hesychius (mu706). ↩
2Homer, Iliad 10.495, and Odyssey 11.203 (web addresses 1 and 2). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

μ503Μελίδειον κηρίονMelidean honeycomb μ504Μελίαιash [spears]μ505Μελιηδήςhoney-sweet μ506Μελίνηmeline, millet μ507Μελίνηmeline, millet

Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2013

19 May 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
15 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2008another note; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2008Translated — Ioannis Doukas