Melos
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μῆλος, ἡ.
Of Melos, adj.: Μήλιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mēlos: i, f., = Μῆλος,
I an island in the Ægean Sea, one of the Cyclades, now Milo, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.—Hence,
I Mēlĭus, a, um, adj., of Melos: Diagoras Melius, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2.—
II Mēlĭnus, a, um, v. 4. Melinus.
