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μέλινος

melinos

of an apple-tree

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Where it lives

Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k
Anabasis 5 · 0.89/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μήλῐνος · mēlinos — LSJ

of an apple-tree

of an apple-tree, ὔσδων μ. Sapph. 4.

II made of apples, quinces

made of apples or quinces, μύρον μ. Thphr. Od. 26, cf. Dsc. 1.45.

2 of a quince-yellow

of a quince-yellow, ἄνθος Thphr. HP 9.18.1; ἐσθῆτες, καρυωτοί, Ath. 12.539e, D.S. 2.53, cf. Dsc. 3.137; χιτῶνα μάλινον Schwyzer 462 B 34 (Tanagra, iii B. C.).

In the wild

μειλίνη · meilinē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 5455)
μελίνην · melinēn Herodotus, Histories 3.117.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3757)
μείλινον · meilinon Iliad 13.597
μείλινα · meilina Iliad 13.715
μείλινον · meilinon Iliad 16.114
μείλινον · meilinon Iliad 16.814

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