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Μηλίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μηλίς Μηλίδος

Structure: Μηλιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for Ma_li/s, with or without gh=

Sense

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "τὰ παιδάρια ταυτὶ τὰ τὴν μηλίδα τρίβοντα; (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 15 7:1)
  • ὦ ναύλοχα καὶ πετραῖα θερμὰ λουτρὰ καὶ πάγουσ Οἴτασ παραναιετάοντεσ, οἵ τε μέσσαν Μηλίδα πὰρ λίμναν χρυσαλακάτου τ’ ἀκτὰν κόρασ, ἔνθ’ Ἑλλάνων ἀγοραὶ Πυλάτιδεσ κλέονται· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral, strophe 11)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ τούτων τῶν χώρων ἠιέ ἐσ τὴν Μηλίδα παρὰ κόλπον θαλάσσησ, ἐν τῷ ἄμπωτίσ τε καὶ ῥηχίη ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέρην γίνεται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 198 2:2)
  • περὶ δὲ τὸν χῶρον ὄρεα ὑψηλὰ καὶ ἄβατα περικληίει πᾶσαν τὴν Μηλίδα γῆν, Τρηχίνιαι πέτραι καλεόμεναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 198 2:4)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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