Μέλισσα

Melissa, bee

Translated by Nicholas Fincher2 Aug 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 15 words
A name of a city.1 Also a small creature, which labours at [sc. producing] honey.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μέλισσα· ὄνομα πόλεως. καὶ ζωΰφιον, ὅπερ ἐργάζεται τὸ μέλι.

Betacode
*me/lissa: o)/noma po/lews. kai\ zwu/+fion, o(/per e)rga/zetai to\ me/li.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Stephanus of Byzantium and Aelius Herodian mention 3 cities called Melissa: one in Libya, 'one in Asia' (which both claim is mentioned by Hecataeus) and a small village in the territory of Kyzikos, northern Turkey. None of these is firmly located, although the Barrington Atlas thinks the Asian one is in Phrygia (central Turkey), somewhere near the present-day town of Oynes. ↩
  2. 2cf. mu 512, mu 518, mu 524, mu 526. ↩

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μ509Μελιπνόουςhoney-breathingμ510Μελίρρυτονhoney-flowingμ511ΜέλισσαMelissa, beeμ512Μελισσείου κηρίουof bees' honeycombμ513Μελισμόςdismembering, dismemberment
Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Aug 2011
  1. typos — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Nicholas Fincher

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