Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελίπνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελίπνους μελίπνουν

Structure: μελιπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. honey-breathing, sweet-breathing

Examples

  • ἔνθ’ ὦναξ καὶ τάνδε φέρευ πακτοῖο μελίπνουν ἐκ κηρῶ σύριγγα καλάν, περὶ χεῖλοσ ἑλικτάν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 91)

Synonyms

  1. honey-breathing

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

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