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μελῐ-λωτον

meliloton · τό

melilot, Trigonella graeca

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What it meant

μελῐ-λωτον · meli-lōton — LSJ

melilot, Trigonella graeca

melilot, Trigonella graeca, a kind of clover, so called from the quantity of honey it contained, μ. ἀνθεμώδης Sapph. l.c., cf. Cratin. 98, Arist. HA 627a8, Thphr. l.c.

2 kingʼs clover, Trigonella corniculata

kingʼs clover, Trigonella corniculata, Dsc. 3.40.

II

a tree, acc. to Str. 17.3.11. [ῐ: but ῑ Nic. Th. 897.]

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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