ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
Hellas: ădis, f., = Ἑλλάς.
I Hellas, the main-land of Greece, Mel. 2, 3, 3 sq.; Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23.—
II A female proper name, Hor. S. 2, 3, 277.
Hellăs,¹⁶ ădis, f. (Ἑλλάς), Hellade, la Grèce : Plin. 4, 23