1. μελίνη · melinē — Beekes
The corpus record
μελίνη
meline
millet
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What it meant
2. μελίνη · melinē — Chantraine
3. μελίνη · melinē — Frisk
4. μελίνη · melinē — LSJ
= ἔλυμος, Italian millet, Setaria italica, Hdt. 3.117; κνήμη μελίνης S. Fr. 608: in pl., millet-fields, X. An. 2.4.13, D. 8.45.
name of an animal, δέρμα μελίνης ἄνεργον Edict.Diocl. Geronthr. 8.29 (v.l. μελεινον Aeg.); perh. badger, cf. Lat. mēles, mellina.
= τοῦ πολύποδός τι μέρος, Hsch.
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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