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μέλιττα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέλιττα μελίττης

Structure: μελιττ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: attic for me/lissa.

Sense

  1. a bee
  2. (poetic) honey

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἐννόησον δ’ ὅτι τὰσ ἐνίων ἀβελτερίασ καὶ βλακείασ ἐλέγχουσιν ἑτέρων πανουργίαι καὶ δριμύτητεσ, ὅταν ἀλώπεκι καὶ λύκῳ καὶ μελίττῃ παραβάλῃσ ὄνον καὶ πρόβατον ὥσπερ εἰ σαυτῷ τὸν Πολύφημον ἢ τῷ πάππῳ σου τῷ Αὐτολύκῳ τὸν Κορίνθιον ἐκεῖνον Ὅμηρον. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 10 3:2)
  • καίτοι τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστισ ἀνθρώπων οὐ διανοεῖται, καὶ τοὐναντίον οἰέται θαυμαστὸν εἶναι καὶ παράδοξον, εἰ μήτε φάττα φάττῃ μήτε μελίττῃ μέλιττα μήτε πυρῷ πυρὸσ ἢ σύκῳ τὸ τοῦ λόγου σῦκον ἐν τῷ παντὶ χρόνῳ γέγονεν ἀπαράλλακτον. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 36 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a bee

  2. honey

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