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Melissus

Melissus · m

A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea

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Where it lives

Lucullus 1 · 0.56/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Noctes Atticae 4 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

Mĕlissus — Lewis & Short

Mĕlissus, i, m., = *me/lissos.

I (Also called Mĕlisseus, = *melisseu/s.) A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea, Lact. 1, 22, 19; ib. § 28.—

II A grammarian and comic poet, librarian to Augustus, Ov. P. 4, 16, 30; cf. Suet. Gram. 21.—

III A philosopher of Samos, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.

Where it came from

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