μέλισσᾰ
μέλισσᾰ, Att.
μέλι-ττα,
ης,
ἡ, (perh. by haplology for
μελι-λιχ-y
α 'honey-licker', cf. Skt.
A). madhu-lih- (corresp. with Gr.
Μεθυ-λιχ-) 'bee')
bee,
Od. 13.106 , etc.; of
wild bees, that live in rocks,
Il. 2.87 , cf.
12.167 ; of
honey-bees, that live in hives,
Hes. Th. 594 ;
σμῆνος μελισσᾶν A. Pers. 128 (lyr.), cf.
Hdt. 4.194 ,
5.10 :—Phrases:
ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κέντρον ἐγκαταλιπών Pl. Phd. 91c ;
ὄνος ἐν μελίτταις 'a hornets' nest',
Crates Com. 36 ; cf.
μέλι 1.2 fin.
II). the term μέλισσα was applied
1). to
poets, from their culling the beauties of nature,
ἔνθεν ὡσπερεὶ μ. Φρύνιχος .. μελέων ἀπεβόσκετο καρπόν Ar. Av. 748 ;
μ. Μούσης Id. Ec. 974 (lyr.);
μ. Ἤρινναν Μουσῶν ἄνθεα δρεπτομέναν AP 7.13 (
Leon. or
Mel.); esp. of Sophocles, Sch.
Ar. V. 460 .
2). to the
priestesses of Delphi,
Pi. P. 4.60 ; of Demeter and Artemis, Sch.
Pi. l.c.,
Porph. Antr. 18 ; of Cybele,
Did. ap. Lact.
Inst. 1.22 .
3). in Neo-Platonic Philos.,
any pure, chaste being, of souls coming to birth,
Porph. Antr. 19 ; of the Moon, ib.
18 .
III). =
μέλι ,
honey,
ὕδατος,
μελίσσης, μηδὲ προσφέρειν μέθυ S. OC 481 : metaph.,
γλώσσης μελίσσῃ καταρρυηκέναι Id. Fr. 155 ; of poetry,
AP 9.505.6 ;
ἑσμὸς μελίσσης appears to be corrupt in
Epin. 1.7 .
IV). = ὀβολός , Hsch.
ShortDef
No short def.
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Headword (normalized):
μέλισσᾰ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μελισσα
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέλισσᾰ</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">μέλι-ττα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ης</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, (perh. by haplology for <span class="foreign greek">μελι-λιχ</span>-y<span class="itype greek">α</span> \'honey-licker\', cf. Skt. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">madhu-lih-</span> (corresp. with Gr. <span class="foreign greek">Μεθυ-λιχ</span>-) \'bee\') <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bee</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.106 </a>, etc.; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wild bees</span>, that live in rocks, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.87 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.167/canonical-url/"> 12.167 </a>; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">honey-bees</span>, that live in hives, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:594" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:594/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 594 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σμῆνος μελισσᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 128 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.194 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.10/canonical-url/"> 5.10 </a>:—Phrases: <span class="quote greek">ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κέντρον ἐγκαταλιπών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:91c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:91c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 91c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὄνος ἐν μελίτταις</span> \'a hornets\' nest\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Com.</span> 36 </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">μέλι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a> fin. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> the term <span class="foreign greek">μέλισσα</span> was applied </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poets</span>, from their culling the beauties of nature, <span class="quote greek">ἔνθεν ὡσπερεὶ μ. Φρύνιχος .. μελέων ἀπεβόσκετο καρπόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:748" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:748/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 748 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. Μούσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:974" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:974/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 974 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. Ἤρινναν Μουσῶν ἄνθεα δρεπτομέναν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.13 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span> </span> or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>); esp. of Sophocles, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:460" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:460/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 460 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> to the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">priestesses</span> of Delphi, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.60 </a>; of Demeter and Artemis, Sch.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> </span> l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Antr.</span> 18 </a>; of Cybele, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Did.</span> </span> ap. Lact. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inst.</span> 1.22 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in Neo-Platonic Philos., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">any pure, chaste being</span>, of souls coming to birth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Antr.</span> 19 </a>; of the Moon, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:18/canonical-url/"> 18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">μέλι</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">honey</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὕδατος</span>, <span class="quote greek">μελίσσης, μηδὲ προσφέρειν μέθυ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:481" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:481/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 481 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">γλώσσης μελίσσῃ καταρρυηκέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 155 </a> ; of poetry, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.505.6 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἑσμὸς μελίσσης</span> appears to be corrupt in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0454.tlg001:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0454.tlg001:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epin.</span> 1.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ὀβολός</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> </div><br><br>'}