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meldo
soften by boiling
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μέλδω · meldō — LSJ
soften by boiling, γέντα βοὸς μέλδοντες Call. Fr. 309; πυθομένοις μέλδουσιν ἅμʼ ἰχθύσιν οὐλοὸν ἅλμην Man. 6.464:—Hom. only in Med. (or Pass.), ὡς δὲ λέβης ζεῖ ἔνδον . . , κνίσην μελδόμενος ἁπαλοτρεφέος σιάλοιο Il. 21.363 (vv. ll. κνίσῃ and μελδομένου):—Pass., σάρκες μελδόμεναι Nic. Th. 108. (Cf. Skt. mṛdús, Lat. mollis ‘soft’, OE. meltan ‘melt’, ONorse maltr ‘rotten’, Gr. βλαδύς.)
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