μηλοβότας

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English (Slater)

μηλοβότας
   1 shepherd μισθὸς γὰρ ἄλλοις ἄλλος ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἀνθρώποις γλυκύς, μηλοβότᾳ τ ἀρότᾳ τ ὀρνιχολόχῳ (I. 1.48)

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μηλοβότᾱς: ου ὁ дор. = μηλοβότης.