Melissus
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕlissus: i, m., = Μέλισσος.
I (Also called Mĕlisseus, = Μελισσεύς.) A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea, Lact. 1, 22, 19; ib. § 28.—
II A grammarian and comic poet, librarian to Augustus, Ov. P. 4, 16, 30; cf. Suet. Gram. 21.—
III A philosopher of Samos, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.
