Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
mēlĭum: ii, n.,
I a dog's collar, v. mellum.
mĕlĭum, ĭī, n., collier de chien : Varro R. 2, 9, 15.
melium, iī, n., s. mellum.