- Μήλιος
- Μήλιος, α, ον, [dialect] Dor. [full] Μάλ- IG5(1).1B1 (Sparta, v B.C.), 12(3).1097, al. ([place name] Melos):—A from the island of Meios, Melian, Thgn.672, Th.3.91, etc.; λιμὸς M., prov. of famine, because of the extremities to which the island was reduced at its siege, Ar.Av.186.II ἡ Μηλία, with or without γῆ, a greyish aluminous earth, which painters mixed with mineral colours, to give them consistency, Dsc.5.159 (γῆ μηλίνη (μιλ- codd.) in Gloss.); alsoA
Μηλιάς Hp.Ulc.14
, Thphr.Lap. 62, Plu.2.436c: used as a styptic,στυπτηρίη Μηλίη Hp.Steril.225
: written -εία Id.Ulc.11,18; corrupted toμηδεία Orib.
inc.24.2.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.