The corpus record — Latin

merops2

merops2 · m

A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon

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Where it lives

Oedipus 3 · 5.06/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Tristia 1 · 0.44/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

1. Mĕrops — Lewis & Short

Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = *me/roy.

I A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.—

II A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.—

III A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.

2. mĕrops — Lewis & Short

mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = me/roy,

I a bird that devours bees; hence also called apiastra, the bee-eater, Verg. G. 4, 14; cf. Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.

Where it came from

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