μελίθροος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
μελίθροον, contr. μελίθρους, ουν, sweet-voiced, κύκνος ib.5.124 (Bass.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 123] zsgzgn -θρους, ουν, süßtönend, κύκνος, Bass. 1 (V, 125).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μελίθροος: стяж. μελίθρους 2 сладкогласный (κύκνος Anth.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελίθροος: -ον, συνῃρ. -θρους, ὁ ἡδέως ἠχῶν, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 125.
Greek Monolingual
μελίθροος, -ον και μελίθρους, -ουν (Α)
αυτός που μιλάει γλυκά, ο γλυκύφωνος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλι + θρόος (< θρέομαι «κράζω, ξεφωνίζω»), πρβλ. ηδύθροος, οιωνόθροος].
