μηλόβοτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, [[grazed by sheep]], [[epithet]] of pastoral districts, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.2</span>, <span class="bibl">B.5.66</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 548</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χώραν μ. ἀνιέναι</b> turn a district [[into a sheep-walk]], i.e. lay it waste, <span class="bibl">Isoc.14.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.2.473</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.6.87</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπηράσατο εἰς ἀεὶ μηλόβοτον εἶναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν Καρχηδόνα</b>) <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.24</span>, cf.<span class="title">AP</span>9.103 (Mund.): metaph., μ. γυναίοις τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀνῆκεν <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>5.27</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">VS</span>1.21.4</span>.