μέλεος
μέλεος,
α,
ον, also
ος,
ον E. Or. 207 (lyr.):—
A). idle, useless,
οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ἑστάμεναι μέλεον σὺν τεύχεσιν Il. 10.480 ;
μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁρμή Od. 5.416 ;
οὐ μ. εἰρήσεται αἶνος Il. 23.795 ;
μ. δέ οἱ εὖχος ἔδωκας a vaunt
unearned,
21.473 : neut.
μέλεον as Adv.,
in vain,
μέλεον δ’ ἠκόντισαν ἄμφω 16.336 .
ShortDef
idle, useless
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
μέλεος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μελεος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-65956
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέλεος</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="itype greek">ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 207 </a> (lyr.):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">idle, useless</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ἑστάμεναι μέλεον σὺν τεύχεσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:480" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.480/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.480 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁρμή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:416" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.416/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.416 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐ μ. εἰρήσεται αἶνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:795" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.795/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.795 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. δέ οἱ εὖχος ἔδωκας</span> a vaunt <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unearned</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:473" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.473/canonical-url/"> 21.473 </a>: neut. <span class="foreign greek">μέλεον</span> as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in vain</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέλεον δ’ ἠκόντισαν ἄμφω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:336" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.336/canonical-url/"> 16.336 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> after <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unhappy, miserable</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὦ μέλεοι, τί</span> <span class="foreign greek">κάθησθε</span>; Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.140 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μέλεος γάμων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unhappy</span> in marriage, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:779" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:779/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 779 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὤμοι ἐγὼ σοῦ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:972" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:972/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 972 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:868" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:868/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 868 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:470" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:470/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 470 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of acts, conditions, etc., <span class="quote greek">ἔργα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1007" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1007/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 1007 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">θάνατοι, πάθα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:879" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:879/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 879 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:977" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:977/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 977 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὀνόματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:209:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:209.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 209.8 </a> .[<span class="foreign greek">μέλεοι</span> is disyll. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:878" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:878/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 878 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:945" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:945/canonical-url/"> 945 </a> (lyr.).]</div> </div><br><br>'}