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μέλισσα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέλισσα μελίσσης

Structure: μελισς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: me/li

Sense

a bee
(poetic) honey
poet (from their culling of sweet things from nature)
the priestess at Delphi
(Neoplatonist philosophy) any pure being

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μέλισσα	μελίσσᾱ	μέλισσαι
Genitive	μελίσσης	μελίσσαιν	μελισσῶν
Dative	μελίσσῃ	μελίσσαιν	μελίσσαις
Accusative	μέλισσαν	μελίσσᾱ	μελίσσᾱς
Vocative	μέλισσα	μελίσσᾱ	μέλισσαι

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

ἐρομένῳ δέ τινι εἰ καὶ αὐτὸσ πλακοῦντασ ἐσθίοι, Οἰεί οὖν, ἔφη, τοῖσ μωροῖσ τὰσ μελίσσασ τιθέναι τὰ κηρία; (Lucian, (no name) 52:1)
τοῖσι φέρει μὲν γαῖα πολὺν βίον, οὔρεσι δὲ δρῦσ ἄκρη μέν τε φέρει βαλάνουσ, μέσση δὲ μελίσσασ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 27:13)
ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ τὰσ μελίσσασ βιοῦν φησι μέχρι ἐτῶν ἕξ, τινὰσ δὲ καὶ ἑπτά. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 47 2:3)
καὶ λέγει Μεγασθένησ, θηρεύεσθαι αὐτοῦ τὴν κόγχην δικτύοισι, νέμεσθαι δὲ κατὰ τωὐτὸ πολλὰσ κόγχασ, κατάπερ τὰσ μελίσσασ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 11:1)
διὸ δεῖ τὸ πολὺ καὶ κενὸν ἀφαιροῦντα τῆσ λέξεωσ αὐτὸν διώκειν τὸν καρπὸν καὶ μιμεῖσθαι μὴ τὰσ στεφανηπλόκουσ ἀλλὰ τὰσ μελίσσασ. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 81)

Synonyms

a bee
- μέλιττα (a bee)
- μελιττουργός (a bee-keeper)
honey
- μέλιττα ( honey)
- μέλι (honey)
- μελίτωμα (a honey-cake)
- μελιτοπώλης (a dealer in honey)
- μελίκηρον (a honey-comb)
poet
- ποιητής (poet)
- φιλοποιητής (a friend of poets)
- τραγῳδοδιδάσκαλος (a tragic poet)
- ἐποποιός (an epic poet)
- πτωχόμουσος (a beggar-poet)
- ἀοιδοθέτης (a lyric poet)
- βουκολιαστής (a pastoral poet)
- κωμῳδοδιδάσκαλος (a comic poet)
- κωμῳδός (a comic poet)
the priestess at Delphi
- Δελφοί (Delphi)
- ἱέρεια (a priestess)

μεμελημένως (carefully)
ἀρτίτοκος (new-born)
παρέρπω (to creep secretly up to)
εὐπέταλος (with beautiful leaves)
ἑλίχρυσος (a creeping plant with yellow flower or fruit)
βαθύκολπος (with dress falling in deep folds)
ἀλφηστής (working for one's daily bread)
μῶλυ (moly)
φορέω (to bear or carry constantly)
αἴγειρος (the poplar)
μίτος (a thread)
δροσερός (dewy)
πτελέα (the elm)
πηλαμύς (young tunny)
δαμάλης (a young steer)
Συρίζω (to speak like a Syrian)
χέλῡς (tortoise)
ἰχθυβόλος (striking fish)
νεκτάρεος (nectarous)
ἐριστάφυλος (made of fine grapes)
βουκολικός (rustic)
ὀαρος (familiar converse)
ἰήιος (invoked with the cry)
εἰνάλιος ()
κεράστης (horned)
ὀξύτονος (sharp-sounding)
ποτανής ()
καλλίκομος (beautiful-haired)
σποδιά (a heap of ashes)
πύρνον (wheaten bread)

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honey

poet

the priestess at Delphi

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Examples

Synonyms

a bee

honey

poet

the priestess at Delphi

Related

Similar forms

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