Μηλιῶς
Malian
Translated by Nicholas Fincher6 Aug 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
In the genitive a name of a place.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηλιῶς· ἐπὶ γενικῆς ὄνομα τόπου.
Betacode
*mhliw=s: e)pi\ genikh=s o)/noma to/pou.
Notes
- An entry evidently generated by Thucydides 4.100.1 and/or 8.3.1, the only two (other) attested instances of this genitive. It refers there to the Malian Gulf in north-central Greece; see Barrington Atlas map 55 grid D3. The form was noteworthy because elsewhere Thuc. uses others, e.g. Meliakos in 3.96.3.
Given Greek dialects, there was -- and remains -- great scope for confusion between Malis and the Aegean island of Malos/Melos (together at mu 927) and their respective cognates. See generally LSJ s.v.*mhlieu/s and*mh/lios . The latter is the more frequently mentioned in the Suda: see e.g. delta 523, delta 524, mu 455, mu 923, sigma 830, upsilon 217, phi 381.
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- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nicholas Fincher