μείλιχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, Aeol. [[μέλλιχος]] Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.302</span>, cj. in Sapph. 100:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[gentle]], [[kind]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> in Il. always of persons, πᾶσιν γὰρ ἐπίστατο μ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">17.671</span>; μ. αἰεί <span class="bibl">19.300</span>, al.; [[epithet]] of [[Λητώ]], [[Ὕπνος]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 406</span>, <span class="bibl">763</span>: c. gen., Ἄρτεμις μ. ὠδίνων [[sooth]]er of…, AP6.242 (Crin.): Sup. [[μειλιχώτατος]] <span class="title">IG</span>7.115.1 (Megara): in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.86a</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, once in Od., οὐ μ. ἔστιν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ' ἔπος οὔτε τι ἔργον <span class="bibl">15.374</span>; μ. δῶρα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>10.2</span>; ἔπεα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>84</span>; οἶνος <span class="bibl">Xenoph. 1.6</span>; [[αἰών]], [[ὀργά]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.97</span>, <span class="bibl">9.43</span>; [[τὸ μείλιχον]] =  [[gentleness]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.365</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μείλιχα</b> [[joy]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.30</span>; μείλιχα [[μυθεῖσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.219</span>. Adv. [[μειλίχως]], μυθεύμενος <span class="bibl">Semon.7.18</span>: neut. as Adv., [[μείλιχον]] ἀντιάαν <span class="bibl">A.R.1.971</span>.</span>