Mela

τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν → it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mĕla: ae, m. prob. from μέλας,
I a Roman proper name, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 3: Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer, a native of Spain, under the emperor Claudius; v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 291. >

Mĕla,¹⁴ æ, m., surnom romain : Cic. Phil. 12, 3 || Pomponius Méla [géographe, au temps de l’empereur Claude] || fleuve, v. Mella.