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μελάμβωλος

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: melámbōlos Transliteration B: melambōlos Transliteration C: melamvolos Beta Code: mela/mbwlos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A with black soil, Αἴγυπτος AP6.231 (Phil.), cf. Opp.C.3.508.

German (Pape)

[Seite 118] schwarzschollig; Αἴγυπτος, Philp. 10 (VI, 231); Opp. Cyn. 3, 511.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μελάμβωλος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων μέλανας βώλους, μελάγγεως, εὔφορος, μελάμβωλον κατ’ ἄρουραν Ὀππ. Κ. 3. 508˙ Αἰγύπτου... μελαμβώλου Ἀνθ. Π. 6, 231, 1.