The corpus record — Latin

melo2

melo2 · m

Melonis alba filia, i. e. the paper-reed growing in the Nile, Aus. Epist. 4, 75

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Where it lives

Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Clodius Albinus 1 · 3.7/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k

What it meant

1. Mēlo — Lewis & Short

Mēlo, ōnis, m., old Latin name for the Nile: Melo nomine alio Nilus vocatur, Paul. ex

Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. id. p. 7 and p. 18; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 291:

I Melonis alba filia, i. e. the paper-reed growing in the Nile, Aus. Epist. 4, 75.

2. mēlo — Lewis & Short

mēlo, ōnis, m., = mh=lon,

I an apple-shaped melon, for melopepo, Pall. 4, 9, 6; Vop. Carin. 17.

Where it came from

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