Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μελίγλωσσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελίγλωσσος μελίγλωσσον

Structure: μελιγλωσς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: glw=ssa

Sense

  1. honey-tongued

Examples

  • σὺν δ’ ἀλαθείᾳ καλῶν καὶ μελιγλώσσου τισ ὑμνήσει χάριν Κηί̈ασ ἀηδόνοσ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 21:2)

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

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