μηλόβοτος: Difference between revisions

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