μέλ-ημα · mel-ēma — LSJ
object of care, beloved object, darling
The corpus record
μέλ-ημα
melema · τό
object of care, beloved object, darling
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Distribution
- Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Senses
Attestations
- μέλημʼ · melēmʼ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1551
- μέλημα · melēma Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 235–237
- μέλημʼ · melēmʼ Aeschylus, Eumenides 443–444
- μέλημά · melēma Sophocles, Philoctetes 150–151
- μέλημα · melēma Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 738)
- μέλημα · melēma Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 2 (DIORISIS sentence 792)
Deep etymology
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