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μελί-κηρᾰ

melikera · ἡ

spawn of the murex

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What it meant

μελί-κηρᾰ · meli-kēra — LSJ

spawn of the murex, a honeycomb

spawn of the murex, as being like a honeycomb, Arist. HA 546b19.

2

gloss on κοπρίων (v.l. for κηρίων), Gal. 19.113.

II

= μελικηρίς II, Pherecr. 25.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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