μελεδωνός
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
English (LSJ)
ὁ and ἡ,
A attendant, guardian, τῶν οἰκίων μ. house-steward, Hdt.3.61; ὁ μ. τῶν θηρίων the keeper of the crocodiles, Id.2.65; μ. τῆς τροφῆς one who provides their food, ibid., cf. 7.31; μ. τῶν χρημάτων ib.38; μελεδωνοὶ τῶν ἱερῶν D.H.1.67; τοῦ τείχους Ael.NA 3.26; μ. λῃστῶν agents of pirates, Philostr.VA3.24; title of public officials in Samos, SIG976.63 (ii B.C.): metaph., of a learned man, πάσης πολύβυβλον ἀφ' ἱστορίης μ. Ath.Mitt.11.428 (Notium).
German (Pape)
[Seite 121] ὁ, u. ἡ, der Besorger, Wächter, Aufseher, τῶν οἰκίων, Her. 3, 61. 63, u. fem., 2, 65; Ael. V. H. 2, 14; μελεδωνοὶ τῶν ἱερῶν, D. Hal. 1, 67.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελεδωνός: ὁ καὶ ἡ, ὁ φροντίζων περί τινος, ἐπιμελητής, φύλαξ, θεράπων, μ. τῶν οἰκιῶν, οἰκονόμος, Ἡρόδ. 3. 61· ὁ μ. τῶν θηρίων, ὁ φύλαξ τῶν κροκοδείλων, ὁ αὐτ. 2. 65· μ. τῆς τροφῆς, ὁ ἐπιμελητὴς τῆς τροφῆς αὐτῶν, αὐτόθι, πρβλ 7. 31, 38· μελεδωνοὶ τῶν ἱερῶν Διον. Ἁλ. 1. 67· οὐχὶ παρὰ τοῖς δοκίμοις τῶν Ἀττ.
