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μελιτώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελιτώδης μελιτώδες

Structure: μελιτωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like honey

Examples

  • μὴ φύη Μελιτῶδεσ ὃσ ἁμῶν καρτερὸσ εἰή, πλὰν ἑνόσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 122)
  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἡ μέλιττα τῷ φιλόγλυκυσ εἶναι πᾶσαν ὕλην, ᾗ τι μελιτῶδεσ ἐγκέκραται, περιέπει καὶ διώκει· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. like honey

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

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