Μελόμενοι

caring

Translated by Nick Nicholas13 May 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 16 words
"And they believed [sc. themselves] to be dear to the gods, by caring for this deity."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μελόμενοι· καὶ ἐπίστευον εἶναι θεοφιλεῖς, τῷ δαίμονι τούτῳ μελόμενοι.

Betacode
*melo/menoi: kai\ e)pi/steuon ei)=nai qeofilei=s, tw=| dai/moni tou/tw| melo/menoi.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword participle, masculine nominative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
    cf. generally mu 533.
  2. 1Aelian fr. 291 Domingo-Forasté, 294 Hercher (contextless). ↩

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μ530Μελίφρωνdelectable, deliciousμ531Μελίχλωροςhoney-yellowμ532Μελόμενοιcaringμ533Μέλονbeing of concernμ534Μελλονικιᾶνto dither like Nikias
Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Jun 2013
  1. updated reference — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Nick Nicholas

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