Demetrias
From LSJ
μαλθακωτέρα πέπονος σικύου → softer than a ripe melon
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dēmētrĭas: ădis, f.
I Gr. Δημητριάς, a city in Thessaly (Pelasgiotis), newly colonized by Demetrius Poliorcetes, formerly called Pagasae, now Volo, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; Liv. 27, 23 fin.; 28, 5; 39, 23.—
B Hence, Dēmētrĭacus, a, um, of Demetrias: sinus, Liv. 28, 5 fin. (al. Demetraicus).—
II A sort of plant, Ap. Herb. 3.
