μέλισσα — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

Att.μέλιτταηςdial.ᾱςfμέλι beeHom. meton.honeyS.meton. or fig.beeref. to the priestess at DelphiPi.perh.ref. to priestesses of DemeterCall. fig.beeref. to a poetB.as object of comparison for a poet, envisaged as gathering honeyed songsAr. Pl.for a victory-song, flitting fr. one theme to anotherPi.as an affectionate address to a female singerhoney-beew.gen.of the MuseAr.

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a bee

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μέλισσα

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25574

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-25575

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