μηλόβοτος
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
English (LSJ)
ον,
A grazed by sheep, epith. of pastoral districts, Pi.P.12.2, B.5.66, A.Supp. 548 (lyr.); χώραν μ. ἀνιέναι turn a district into a sheep-walk, i.e. lay it waste, Isoc.14.31, cf. Ph.2.473, D.L.6.87; ἐπηράσατο εἰς ἀεὶ μηλόβοτον εἶναι (sc. τὴν Καρχηδόνα) App.BC1.24, cf.AP9.103 (Mund.): metaph., μ. γυναίοις τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀνῆκεν Philostr.VA5.27, cf.VS1.21.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 172] von Schaafheerden, von kleinem Vieh beweidet; die Viehzucht treibend; Ἀκράγας, Pind. P. 12, 2; Φρυγία, Aesch. Suppl. 543; sp. D., μηλόβοτος κεῖμαι καὶ βούνομος ἔνθα Μυκήνη, Mund. ep. (IX, 103). Auch in Prosa, Isocr. 14, 31, ὡς χρὴ τήν τε πόλιν ἐξανδραποδίσασθαι καὶ τὴν χώραν ἀνεῖναι μηλόβοτον, daß das Land nie wieder bebau't werden, sondern zur Schaafweide dienen solle; vgl. Hdu. 8, 4, 23; übertr., Philostr. v. Ap. 5, 27.
