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μελι-κηρίς

melikeris · ἡ

cyst, wen, a honeycomb

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What it meant

μελι-κηρίς · meli-kēris — LSJ

cyst, wen, a honeycomb

a kind of cyst or wen, from its resembling a honeycomb, Hp. Prorrh. 2.42, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.3 tit., cf. Sch.ad loc.

II honey-cake

honey-cake, Philox. 2.17 (as f.l.).

III honeycomb

honeycomb, POxy. 936.10 (iii A.D.), Sch. Ar. Th. 523.

IV kind of vine

kind of vine, Eust. 1656.63.

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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