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Μηλῐεύς

*melieus

inhabitant of Malis

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Where it lives

Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Histories 9 · 0.49/10k
Hellenica 3 · 0.46/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Μηλῐεύς · Mēlieus — LSJ

inhabitant of Malis, the Sinus Maliacus

inhabitant of Malis (Μηλίς), Ion. pl. Μηλιέες Hdt. 7.132, etc.; early Att. Μηλιῆς Th. 3.92, etc.; later the Dor. form Μᾱλ- was used, Arist. Pol. 1297b14, D.S. 17.57: as Adj., Μηλιεὺς κόλπος the Sinus Maliacus, Hdt. 4.33: Μηλῐακός, ή, όν, Th. 3.96, etc.; fem. Μηλὶς λίμνα, = Μηλιεὺς κόλπος, S. Tr. 636 (lyr.); M. γῆ, χώρη, Hdt. 7.198, 8.31; cf. Μηλιάδες.

In the wild

Μηλιᾶ · Mēlia Aeschylus, Persians 482–487
Μηλιᾶ · Mēlia Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1169 (DIORISIS sentence 919)
Μηλιέα · Mēliea Herodotus, Histories 4.33.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4288)
Μηλιέες · Mēliees Herodotus, Histories 7.132.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7789)
Μηλιέας · Mēlieas Herodotus, Histories 7.196.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8202)
Μηλιεὺς · Mēlieus Herodotus, Histories 7.213.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8299)

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