μηλοδαΐκτας
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
α, ὁ, sheep-slaying, λέων B.8.6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μηλοδαΐκτας: ὁ, = μηλοκτόνος, ὁ φονεύων πρόβατα, μηλοδαΐκταν... λέοντα Βακχυλ. VIII, 6.
Greek Monolingual
μηλοδαΐκτας, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που σκοτώνει πρόβατα («μηλοδαΐκταν... λέοντα», Βακχυλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μῆλον (ΙΙ) «πρόβατο» + δαΐκτας (< δαΐζω «σφάζω, φονεύω»), πρβλ. ξενοδαΐκτας].
