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μελία

melia

ash, lance made of ash-wood

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What it meant

1. μελία · melia — Beekes

μελία [f.] ‘ash, lance made of ash-wood’ (1]., also Thphr.). «PG? (5, V), IE? *smel- ‘ash, grey > VAR Epic -in. eCOMP μελιη-γενής ‘born from an ash’ (A. R.); ἐδ-μμελίης [m.] ‘armed with a good lance’ (Hom..), after it φερε-μμελίης ‘bearing a lance’ (Mimn.). *DER μέλ-ινος (p 339); with metrical lengthening μείλεινος (Il.) ‘made of ash-wood ; like in δρύ-ἵνος, etc., and favoured by the metre; further μελί-ἵνος (Att. … — [Beekes, s.v. μελία, p. 977]

2. μελία · melia — Frisk

μελία, ep. -In f. "Esche, aus Eschenholz verfertigte Lanze’ (ep. poet. seit Il., auch Thphr.; vgl. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 57). Kompp. μελιη-γενής “aus einer Esche geboren’ (A.R.); &ö-uuehing ın. "mit einer guten Lanze bewaffnet’ (Hom. u. a.; 202 μελίνη--μἔλλω zur Bildung Schwyzer 451), danach φερε-μμελίης “lanzentragend’ (Mimn.). — Davon u£A-ıvos (po 339), sonst mit metr. Dehnung (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 100) … — [Frisk, s.v. μελία, p. 1173]

3. μελία · melia — LSJ

manna ash, Fraxinus Ornus

manna ash, Fraxinus Ornus, Il. 13.178, 16.767, Musae. Fr. 5 D., S. Fr. 759, Thphr. HP 3.11.3, etc.; τρίτον ἄλλο γένος . . ἐκ μελιᾶν Hes. Op. 145.

II ashen spear

ashen spear, Il. 19.390, 22.225, etc.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μελία (scan p. 977; entry #3997). Root candidates: *smel-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μελία (scan pp. 1173-1174; entry #3802).

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