μείλιγμα
Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (μειλίσσω)
A that which soothes, μειλίγματα θυμοῦ scraps with which the master appeases the hunger of his dogs, Od.10.217; μειλίγματα προσφέρειν E.Fr.1053: sg., Nic.Fr.75: metaph., γλώσσης ἐμῆς μ. καὶ θελκτήριον A.Eu.886; μ. νούσου Nic.Th.896; λύπης Ph.2.28 (pl.); τῆς ὀργῆς Plu.Pomp.47; πλούτου μειλίγματα Epic.Oxy.1015.19. 2 pl., propitiatory offerings to the dead, A. Ch.15, Eu.107, Parth.12.1, Ant.Lib.25.5. 3 darling, fondling, Χρυσηΐδων μ., of Agamemnon, A.Ag.1439. II soothing song, λιγεῶν μειλίγματα Μουσέων Theoc.22.221. 2 pl., μ. θρασειῶν μεταφορῶν phrases which soften bold metaphors, Longin.32.3.
