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μελῐτό-εις

melitoeis

honied, sweet, delicious, sweetened with honey

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μελῐτό-εις · melito-eis — LSJ

honied, sweet, delicious

honied, i.e. sweet, delicious, εὐδία Pi. O. 1.98.

II sweetened with honey, honey-cake

sweetened with honey, μελιτόεσσα (sc. μᾶζα), ἡ, honey-cake, esp. used as a sacred offering, Hdt. 8.41: Att. contr. μελιτοῦττα, like οἰνοῦττα, etc., Ar. Nu. 507, Lys. 601 (anap.), etc.; παγκαρπία μ. Thphr. HP 9.8.7: with masc. Noun, μελιτοῦτται ναστοί Ar. Av. 567 (s. v. l.); in Hsch. μελιτοῦς (sc. πλακοῦς), ὁ.

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