The corpus record — Latin

Melita

Melita · f

The isle of Malta

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Where it lives

Letters to Atticus 5 · 0.41/10k
In C. Verrem 3 · 0.3/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Mĕlĭta — Lewis & Short

Mĕlĭta, ae, or Mĕlĭtē, ēs, f., = *meli/th.

I The isle of Malta, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92.—

II An island off the coast of Dalmatia, now Meleda, Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152; Ov. F. 3, 567.—

III A city of Ionia, Vitr. 4, 1.—

IV A city of Cappadocia, Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8.—

V A seanymph, Verg. A. 5, 825.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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