1. μείλια · meilia — Beekes
The corpus record
μείλια
meilia
propitiations, atonement, penalty
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Where it lives
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
What it meant
2. μείλια · meilia — Chantraine
3. μείλια · meilia — Chantraine
4. μείλια · meilia — Chantraine
5. μείλια · meilia — Frisk
6. μείλια · meilia — LSJ
soothing things, esp. of gifts, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπὶ μ. δώσω, of a bridal dowry, Il. 9.147, cf. 289, Luc. Epigr. 2; so of playthings, etc., A.R. 3.146: sg., ib. 135.
propitiations, δαίμοσιν . . νόστῳ ἔπι μ. θέσθαι Id. 4.1549; of offerings to the dead, BCH 36.230 (Rhodes, iii B. C.): rarely in sg., μείλιον ἀπλοΐης charm against storms, Call. Dian. 230; offering to a god, AP 6.75 (Paul.Sil.).
satisfaction, penalty, μ. τείσειν A.R. 3.594.
In the wild
- μείλια · meilia Iliad 9.147
- μείλια · meilia Iliad 9.289
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μείλια (scan p. 972; entry #3980).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μείλια (scan p. 694; entry #5156).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μείλια (scan p. 1166; entry #3787).
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