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|Transliteration C=melpithra
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|Beta Code=me/lphqra
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|Definition=τά, (μέλπω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[means of playing]], [[plaything]]: Hom. (only in Il.) always in plural, of an unburied corpse, [[sport]], [[plaything]], <b class="b3">κυνῶν μέλπηθρα γένοιτο</b> [[a sport]] of dogs, <span class="bibl">13.233</span>; κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">17.255</span>.</span>
|Definition=τά, (μέλπω) [[means of playing]], [[plaything]]: Hom. (only in Il.) always in plural, of an unburied corpse, [[sport]], [[plaything]], <b class="b3">κυνῶν μέλπηθρα γένοιτο</b> [[a sport]] of dogs, <span class="bibl">13.233</span>; κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">17.255</span>.
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Transliteration A: mélpēthra Transliteration B: melpēthra Transliteration C: melpithra Beta Code: me/lphqra

English (LSJ)

τά, (μέλπω) means of playing, plaything: Hom. (only in Il.) always in plural, of an unburied corpse, sport, plaything, κυνῶν μέλπηθρα γένοιτο a sport of dogs, 13.233; κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι 17.255.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ων (τά) :
seul. au plur.
amusement, jouet.
Étymologie: μέλπω.

Greek Monolingual

μέλπηθρα, τὰ (Α)
1. (για άταφο πτώμα) λεία τών κτηνών («μὴ κεῖνος ἀνὴρ ἔτι νοστήσειεν ἐκ Τροίης, ἀλλ' αὖθι κυνῶν μέλπηθρα γένοιτο», Ομ. Ιλ.)
2. (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «μέλπηθρα
σπαράγματα, παίγνια, ἑλκύσματα».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλπω «εξυμνώ, τραγουδώ» + επίθημα -θρον (πρβλ. έλκη-θρο)].