μελισσεύς
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
έως, ὁ, beekeeper, bee-keeper, honey farmer, apiarist, apiculturist, bee-man, honey-man, Arist.HA626a10, PMasp.147.1 (vi A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 124] ὁ, Bienenwärter, Bienenwirth, Arist H. A. 9, 27.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελισσεύς: -έως, ὁ, μελισσουργός, μελισσοκόμος, Λατ. apiarius, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 40, 37.
Greek Monolingual
μελισσεύς, -έως, ὁ (Α)
μελισσοκόμος, μελισσουργός («διόπερ καὶ τούτοις οἱ μελισσεῑς ἐκ τῶν τελμάτων, ἀφ' ὧν ὑδρεύονται αἱ μέλιτται, θηρεύουσι», Αριστοτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλισσα + κατάλ. -εύς (πρβλ. ιππ-εύς)].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μελισσεύς: έως ὁ пчеловод Arst.
Translations
Albanian: bletar; Arabic: نَحَّال, عَسَّال, جَبَّاح; Asturian: apicultor, abeyeru; Azerbaijani: arıçı; Belarusian: пчаля́р, пчаля́рка; Bulgarian: пчела́р, пчела́рка; Catalan: apicultor, abeller, abellaire; Chinese Mandarin: 養蜂人, 养蜂人; Corsican: apicultore; Czech: včelař, včelařka; Danish: biavler; Dutch: imker, imkerin, bijenhouder, bijenhoudster; Esperanto: abelisto, virabelisto, abelistino; English: apiarist, apiculturist, bee master, bee mistress, beekeeper, bee-keeper, beemaster, bee-master, beemistress, bee-mistress; Estonian: mesinik; Finnish: mehiläishoitaja, mehiläistarhuri; French: apiculteur, apicultrice; Galician: apicultor, apicultora, abelleiro, abelleira, meleiro; Gallurese: casiddaggiu; Georgian: მეფუტკრე; German: Imker, Imkerin, Bienenzüchter, Bienenzüchterin, Beutner, Beutnerin, Bienenvater, Bienenmutter, Zeidler, Zeidlerin, Zeidelmeister, Zeidelmeisterin, Bienenhalter, Bienenhalterin; Greek: μελισσοκόμος; Ancient Greek: μελισσουργός, μελιττουργός, μελισσοπόλος, μελισσοκόμος, μελισσεύς, μελισσονόμος, σμηνοκόμος; Hungarian: méhész; Irish: beachaire; Italian: apicoltore, apicoltrice, apicultore, apicultrice; Japanese: 養蜂家; Kazakh: ара бағушы, ара өсіруші, арашы, омарташы; Korean: 양봉가; Ladin: zidlaês, apicoltur; Latin: apiarius, mellifex, cidlarius; Latvian: biškopis, biškope, dravnieks, dravniece, bitenieks, biteniece,; Lithuanian: bitininkas, bitininkė; Macedonian: пчелар, пчеларка; Maori: kaitiaki pī; Navajo: tsísʼná yee ʼáhályą́ąnii; Norwegian Bokmål: birøkter; Nynorsk: birøktar; Occitan: apicultor, abelhaire; Old English: bēoċeorl, bēocere; Persian: زنبوردار; Polish: pszczelarz, pszczelarka, pasiecznik; Portuguese: apicultor, apicultora, abelheiro, abelheira; Romanian: albinar, albinară, apicultor, apicultoare; Romansch: apicultur, apicultour; Russian: пчеловод, пасечник, пасечница; Sardinian Campidanese: apiaresu; Logudorese: abiargiu, apiaresu; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: пчелар, пчеларица; Roman: pčelar, pčelarica; Slovak: včelár, včelárka; Slovene: čebelar; Spanish: apicultor, apicultora, colmenero, colmenera, abejero, abejera; Sudovian: bitinīkas; Swedish: biodlare; Turkish: arıcı; Ukrainian: бджоля́р, бджоля́рка, па́січник, па́січниця; Volapük: bienan, hibienan, jibienan, bienaskälel; Welsh: gwenynwr, gwenynwraig