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|Definition=τό, gen. ῐτος, etc.; dat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> μέλι <span class="bibl">Philox.3.17</span>; gen. pl. μελίτων <span class="bibl">Emp.128.7</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[μελιτῶν]], cf. [[μελιτόν]]):—[[honey]], <span class="bibl">Od.20.69</span>, etc.; μ. χλωρόν <span class="bibl">Il.11.631</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.234</span>, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.38.1</span>; ξανθόν <span class="bibl">Simon.47</span>; παμφαές <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>612</span>; τὸ μέλι τἀττικόν <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>252</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.708</span>; various kinds, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Fr.</span>190</span>; said to be made from the palm (φοῖνιξ), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.193</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.194</span>; μ. θανάτου σύμβολον <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Antr.</span>18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in comparisons, of anything sweet, especially of eloquence, μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή <span class="bibl">Il.1.249</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>10</span> (''ΙΙ'').<span class="bibl">98</span>; Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Fr.</span>581</span>; ὕπνος γλυκίων μέλιτος <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.3</span>; ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν [χολή] ἐστι πρὸς ἐκείνην μέλι <span class="bibl">Alex.146.6</span>: [[proverb|prov.]] [[μήτε μοι μέλι μήτε μέλισσα]] = I want neither the [[honey]] nor the [[bee]], of those who [[refuse]] to take 'the [[rough]] with the [[smooth]]', Sapph.113. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sweet gum]] collected from certain trees, [[manna]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mir.</span>831b23</span>; τὸ ὕον μ. <span class="bibl">Polyaen.4.3.32</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἄγριον, μαινόμενον</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.19.94</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.12.3.18</span>. (Cf. Goth. [[milip]], Lat. [[mel]].) </span>