διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit
Mēlo: ōnis, m., old Latin name for the Nile: Melo nomine alio Nilus vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. id. p. 7 and p. 18; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 291:I Melonis alba filia, i. e. the paper-reed growing in the Nile, Aus. Epist. 4, 75.
