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μέλλημα

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: méllēma Transliteration B: mellēma Transliteration C: mellima Beta Code: me/llhma

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A delay, in pl., E.IA818, Aeschin.3.72, Plu.Nic. 21.

German (Pape)

[Seite 125] τό, Zögerung, Aufschub; οὐδὲ ἀναμένειν τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων μελλήματα, Aesch. 3, 72; Plut. Nic. 21 u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μέλλημα: τό, (μέλλω) βραδύτης, ἀργοπορία· ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ πληθ., ἀργοπορίαι, Εὐρ. Ι. Α. 818, Αἰσχίν. 64. 4.