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melophoros
bearing apples
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μηλο-φόρος · mēlo-phoros — LSJ
bearing apples, καρπός E. HF 396 (lyr.); epith. of Demeter at Megara (said to be from μῆλον A), Paus. 1.44.3; and so Μαλοφόρος alone at Selinus, IG 14.268 (v B.C.); οἱ μ. the king of Persiaʼs body-guard, because they had gold or silver apples at the butt-end of their spears, Hsch.
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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