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|Definition=ατος, τό, (μειλίσσω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that which soothes</b>, <b class="b3">μειλίγματα θυμοῦ</b> <b class="b2">scraps with which</b> the master [[appeases]] the hunger of his dogs, <span class="bibl">Od.10.217</span>; μειλίγματα προσφέρειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1053</span>: sg., Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75: metaph., γλώσσης ἐμῆς μ. καὶ θελκτήριον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>886</span>; μ. νούσου <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>896</span>; λύπης <span class="bibl">Ph.2.28</span> (pl.); τῆς ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">πλούτου μειλίγματα</b> Epic.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1015.19. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., <b class="b2">propitiatory offerings</b> to the dead, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ch.</span>15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>107</span>, <span class="bibl">Parth.12.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.25.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[darling]], [[fondling]], <b class="b3">Χρυσηΐδων μ</b>., of Agamemnon, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1439</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">soothing song</b>, λιγεῶν μειλίγματα Μουσέων <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.221</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., <b class="b3">μ. θρασειῶν μεταφορῶν</b> <b class="b2">phrases which soften</b> bold metaphors, Longin.32.3.</span>