Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελισσόβοτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελισσόβοτος μελισσόβοτον

Structure: μελισσοβοτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bo/skw

Sense

  1. fed on by bees

Examples

  • Καλλιόπη πολύμυθε μελισσοβότου Ἑλικῶνοσ, τίκτε μοι ἄλλον Ὅμηρον, ἐπεὶ μόλεν ἄλλοσ Ἀχιλλεύσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5231)

Synonyms

  1. fed on by bees

Similar forms

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

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