μελίκρατον

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: μελίκρᾱτον Medium diacritics: μελίκρατον Low diacritics: μελίκρατον Capitals: ΜΕΛΙΚΡΑΤΟΝ
Transliteration A: melíkraton Transliteration B: melikraton Transliteration C: melikraton Beta Code: meli/kraton

English (LSJ)

Ion. μελί-κρητον, τό, (κεράννυμι) drink of honey and milk offered as a libation to the powers of the nether world, χοὴν χεῖσθαι πᾶσιν νεκύεσσι, πρῶτα μελικρήτῳ, μετέπειτα δὲ ἡδέϊ οἴνῳ Od.10.519, cf. SIG1025.34 (Cos); μελίκρατα γάλακτος E. Or.115; also, a mixture of honey and water, Hp. Aph.5.41, Arist. Metaph.1092b29, Com.Adesp. 128, Antyll. ap. Orib.5.29.7, Gal. ap. Orib.5.14.1, cf. Sch.S.OC481, Thphr. HP9.11.2; μ. θερμόν POxy.1088.61.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
mélange de lait et de miel avec lequel on faisait des libations en l'honneur des dieux infernaux.
Étymologie: μέλι, κρατός.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μελίκρᾱτον: ион. μελίκρητον τό (тж. μελίκρατα γάλακτος Eur.) медовая смесь, преимущ. мед с молоком Hom., Plut.