| |Definition=τό, gen. μέλῐτος, etc.; dat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> μέλι <span class="bibl">Philox.3.17</span>; gen. pl. μελίτων <span class="bibl">Emp.128.7</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[μελιτῶν]], cf. [[μελιτόν]]):—[[honey]], <span class="bibl">Od.20.69</span>, etc.; μέλι χλωρόν <span class="bibl">Il.11.631</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.234</span>, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.38.1</span>; ξανθόν <span class="bibl">Simon.47</span>; παμφαές <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>612</span>; τὸ μέλι τἀττικόν <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>252</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.708</span>; various kinds, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Fr.</span>190</span>; said to be made from the [[palm]] ([[φοῖνιξ]]), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.193</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.194</span>; μέλι θανάτου σύμβολον <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Antr.</span>18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in comparisons, of anything [[sweet]], especially of [[eloquence]], μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή <span class="bibl">Il.1.249</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>10</span> (''ΙΙ'').<span class="bibl">98</span>; Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Fr.</span>581</span>; ὕπνος γλυκίων μέλιτος <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.3</span>; ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν [χολή] ἐστι πρὸς ἐκείνην μέλι <span class="bibl">Alex.146.6</span>: [[proverb|prov.]] [[μήτε μοι μέλι μήτε μέλισσα]] = I want neither the [[honey]] nor the [[bee]], of those who [[refuse]] to take 'the [[rough]] with the [[smooth]]', Sapph.113. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sweet gum]] collected from certain trees, [[manna]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mir.</span>831b23</span>; τὸ ὕον μέλι <span class="bibl">Polyaen.4.3.32</span>; <b class="b3">μέλι ἄγριον, μέλι μαινόμενον</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.19.94</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.12.3.18</span>. (Cf. Goth. milip, Lat. [[mel]].) </span> | | |Definition=τό, gen. μέλῐτος, etc.; dat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> μέλι Philox.3.17; gen. pl. μελίτων Emp.128.7 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[μελιτῶν]], cf. [[μελιτόν]]):—[[honey]], Od.20.69, etc.; μέλι χλωρόν Il.11.631, Od.10.234, Xenoph.38.1; ξανθόν Simon.47; παμφαές A. ''Pers.''612; τὸ μέλι τἀττικόν Ar. ''Pax''252, cf. Men.708; various kinds, [[Theophrastus]] ''Fr.''190; said to be made from the [[palm]] ([[φοῖνιξ]]), Hdt.1.193, cf.4.194; μέλι θανάτου σύμβολον Porph. ''Antr.''18.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in comparisons, of anything [[sweet]], especially of [[eloquence]], μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Il.1.249, cf. Pi. ''O.''10 (''ΙΙ'').98; Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου Ar. ''Fr.''581; ὕπνος γλυκίων μέλιτος Mosch.2.3; ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν [χολή] ἐστι πρὸς ἐκείνην μέλι Alex.146.6: [[proverb|prov.]] [[μήτε μοι μέλι μήτε μέλισσα]] = I want neither the [[honey]] nor the [[bee]], of those who [[refuse]] to take 'the [[rough]] with the [[smooth]]', Sapph.113.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sweet gum]] collected from certain trees, [[manna]], Arist. ''Mir.''831b23; τὸ ὕον μέλι Polyaen.4.3.32; <b class="b3">μέλι ἄγριον, μέλι μαινόμενον</b>, D.S.19.94, Str.12.3.18. (Cf. Goth. milip, Lat. [[mel]].) |
