The corpus record

μηλό-βοτος

melobotos

grazed by sheep

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μηλό-βοτος · mēlo-botos — LSJ

grazed by sheep, into a sheep-walk

grazed by sheep, epith. of pastoral districts, Pi. P. 12.2, B. 5.66, A. Supp. 548 (lyr.); χώραν μ. ἀνιέναι turn a district into a sheep-walk, i.e. lay it waste, Isoc. 14.31, cf. Ph. 2.473, D.L. 6.87; ἐπηράσατο εἰς ἀεὶ μηλόβοτον εἶναι (sc. τὴν Καρχηδόνα) App. BC 1.24, cf. AP 9.103 (Mund.): metaph., μ. γυναίοις τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀνῆκεν Philostr. VA 5.27, cf. VS 1.21.4.

In the wild

μηλοβότου · mēlobotou Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 547–548
μηλόβοτον · mēloboton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 5355)

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