Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελισσοσόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελισσοσόος μελισσοσόον

Structure: μελισσοσο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. guardian of bees

Examples

  • πάντα περικνίξασθε, καὶ ἄγγεα κηρώσασθε, ὄφρα μελισσοσόοσ Πὰν ἐπικυψέλιοσ γεύσηται τὸ μὲν αὐτόσ, ὁ δὲ βλιστηρίδι χειρὶ καπνώσασ βαιὴν κὔμμι λίπῃ μερίδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 226 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. guardian of 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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