MEL 
MEL 
MEM 
harmonious, tuneful, musical. Lucret. — 
Especially, lyric, lyrical. Cic. Poe in a 
melicum, h. e. lyricum. Hence, Pe- 
tron. Melica, ae, f. an ode. Plin. Meii- 
cus, a lyric poet. 
MeUCOS, a, um, for MEDICOS [the 
2letter D being frequently changed into 
Lby the common people], of Media, 
Median. Varr. and Colum. 
M2LIE, es, f. a Bithynian nymph, who 
brought forth Amycus, the king of the 
Bebryces, by Neptune. Ovid. 
MELIL5T8S (peXiXwros), or MELILo- 
TOS, i, f. and MELIL 0 T 8 N (peXi- 
Xurov), or MELILoTOM, i, n. the 
plant melilot, a kind of clover. Plin. 
MELIM2LI, n. See Melomeli. 
MELIMeLUM (pcXipyXov), i, n. a honey 
apple, a kind of sweet apple, called 
musteu mala in more ancient times. 
Varr., Horat. Sat. ii. 8 , 31. Comp. Plin. 
xv. 15. Mustea, qute nunc melimela 
dicuntur. 
MeLINOS (perhaps from meles), a, um, 
3 adj. perhaps of or pertaining to the ani¬ 
mal called meles (A. c. a badger or a mar¬ 
ten). — Hence, Melina, ae, f. a knapsack, 
lag or purse made of the skin of a badger 
or marten. Plaut. 
MeLINOS (prjXov), a, um, adj. Hence 
2 Plin. oleum, oil made from the blossoms 
of quinces. — Id. unguentum, a salve or 
ointment made of the same. — Plaut. ves- 
tlmentum, h. e. of the same color. 
MELINOS (Melos), a, um, adj. of or per¬ 
il tailing to the island of Melos. — Hence, 
Vxtrmi. and Plin. Melinum pigmentum, 
or, simply, Melinum, a kind of white 
paint. Plin. alumen. 
MELINOS (mel), a, um, adj. of honey. 
3 Plaut. Melina, a drink made of honey , 
mead. 
MELIOR (compar. of bonus), oris, better, 
superior, preferable, Kpcirroiv. — Senec. 
Meliores ( Kpeirroves ), the gods. — Dii 
meliora, dii melius. (See Deus.) — See 
Bonus. 
MELIoRaTIS (melioro), onis, f. an ame- 
3 'novation,improvement, /3eXrioxns, epiro- 
vrpia. Cod. Just. 
MELIoReSCB (Id.),is, n. 3. to grow better, 
(h\n6opai. Colum. (Al. rectius leg. me- 
lior exit.) 
MELIoRS (melior), as, avi, atum, a. 1 . 
3 to make better, improve, fhXriow. Pan¬ 
dect. 
MeLIS. See Meles. 
MELISPIIyLLUM (peXijivXXov, peXierao- 
tfivXXov), i, n. an herb which bees delight 
m, same as Apiastrum. Virg. In Plin. 
we find melissophyllon. It corresponds 
to our balm-gentle, balm (Melissa offici¬ 
nalis, L.). 
MELISSA (MtXiova), re, f. the daughter of 
Melissus, king of Crete, sister of Amal- 
thea. who with her sister nursed Jupiter 
IfdhgaaVs milk. Lactant. 
® ee Melissus. 
MELISSOPHYLLON. See Melispliyl- 
lum. 
MELiSSOS, i, and MELISSEUS, ei or 
f? s ’ MeXurtroj, and MeXitroru;, a 
vig of Crete, father to Melissa and Amal- 
iea. Lactant. -IT Also, a freedman of 
lteccnas, appointedlibrarian to Augustus; 
, . l°* ote some comedies. 
nn f ’ or MgLI TE (MeXtrr;), es, f. 
w Malta, an island between Sicily and 
cLwX m C ' i^ Also, an island on the 
1 . , 1 'flttyricum, in the Adriatic, now Me- 
MET Also, a sea-nymph. Virg. 
2o,. , ,cf US , (M f Alrar ^)> a > um ’ ad J- in 
~ birin l i ° Melita on the coast of 11- 
ed avZ)"- CatU,US ( ma y render- 
j Melita ).e, adj. on or of the 
h e ca/J Ialta f, Mallese - <&. vestis, 
siVsc w Als °. absolutely, Meliten- 
MSLWSrS, LUCrCU 
um, adj. same as 
fc. ~ 'e’/Awi/s;, ie, m. See Meli- 
MELITeSIos (Id ) a 
Grot! \ 
color ^ a £ em °f tke 
37, '3 11?') “ unknown to us. Plin. 
^elites. ' Hard ’ f bllt other Edd - read 
i MeliTiTeS t ^ . 
■madeof nem\- TlTrii ')’ ®> m - a drink 
It andh °™J- 
67 
Plin. 
$os), a kind of 
MELiTTAUNX (peXirraiva), re, f. same 
as Melisphyllum. Plin. 21,86. Ed. Hard.; 
but others read melittide. 
MELTTTuRGOS ( peXirrovpyos ), i, m. one 
3 who takes care of or keeps bees, a bee-mas¬ 
ter. Varr. and Plin. 
MEDIUM, i, n. See Medium. 
MELIOS is either the compar. of bonus, a, 
um (see Bonus), or the comparat. of be¬ 
ne (see Bene), or the name of a man 
(see Mtelius). 
MELIuSCOLe (meliusculus), adv. some¬ 
what better. Cic. ad Div. xvi. 5. — Al¬ 
so, a little or somewhat more. Plaut. bi- 
bere. 
MELIuSCOLOS (dimin. of the compar. 
2 melior), a, um, adj. somewhat better. 
Varr. -M Also, of a convalescent, 
somewhat bettor, rather better, a little re¬ 
covered. Terent. 
MELTZoMUM (peXitjwpov), i, n. a decoc- 
3 tion made of honey. Apic. 
MeLLX (perhaps for mellea, sc. aqua), ae 
2 f. a kind of honey-water. Colam. 
MeLLX, or MELX, at, m. a small river of 
Cisalpine Gaul, near Brescia. Virg , 
MeLLaCEOS (mel), a, um, adj. ° Non 
3 Mellaceum, same as Sap a. 
MeLLaRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. being em 
2 ployed with honey, pertaining to honey, 
Plin. vas, for holding honey. Hence, 
Mellarius, a honey-culturer, a bee-master, 
Varr. — Mellarium, the place where bees 
are kept, an apiary, a bee-hive. Id. 
MeLLaTIS (mello), onis, f. the taking or 
2 gathering of honey from the bees. ° Co 
lum. 
MeLLEOS (mel), a, um, adj. of honey, 
2 Auson. — Also, like honey. Plin. sapor. 
Id. color.-IT Figur. sweet as honey, 
h. e. sweet, delightful, charming, pleas¬ 
ing. Apul. 
MeLLICOLOS (Id.), a, um, adj. sweet as 
3 honey. Figur. Plaut. - IT Mellicu- 
lum, i, n. honey, a thing sweet as honey. 
Hence, a term of endearment, my little 
honey, my dear, sweetheart, darling, &c 
Plaut. 
MeLLIFER (mel & fero), a, um, adject. 
3 bearing, bringing, producing honey, mel¬ 
liferous. Ovid. ' apis. 
MeLLIFeX (mel & facio), Icis, m. 
2 honey-culturer, bee-anaster. Colum. 
MeLLIFICIUM (Id.), ii, n. the making of 
2 honey, culture of honey. Varr. 
MeLLIFICS (meilificus), as, avi, atum, 
2 a. 1. to make honey. Plin. 
MeLLIFICOS (mel & facio), a, um, adj. 
2 making honey, good or useful for making 
honey. Colum. 
MeLLIFLOeNS (mel & fluo), tis, adject. 
3 mellifluous, flowing with honey. Figur. 
sweet of speech, eloquent. Auson. Nes¬ 
tor. 
MeLLIFLOOS (Id.), a, um, adj. same as 
3 Melliflucns. Aden, 
MeLLIGENCSS (mel & genus), a, tint, 
2 adj. of the same kind with honey, like 
honey. Plin. 
MELLIG5 (mel), Inis, f. a juice like honey. 
— Hence, the juice or gummy substance 
collected by bees from flowers, &c. becs- 
rosin, hive-dross, bee-glue. Plin. — Also, 
the juice of unripe fruits, as grapes. 
Plin. 
MeLLILLBS (dimin. of melinus), a, um, 
3 adj. of honey, sweet as honey. Plant. 
Mea mellilla, sc. res, my little sweet¬ 
heart. 
MeLLINIX (mel), se, f. perhaps a drink 
3 made of honey .—Figur. sweetness, deli¬ 
ciousness, pleasure, delight. Plant. 
MeLLITOLOS (dimin. of mellitus), a, um, 
3 adj. sweet as honey, delicious,pleasant. 
Apul. Mea mellitula, my sweetheart, my 
honey. J 
MeLLiTOS (mel), a, um, adj. of honey or 
1 sweetened with honey. Varr. favus. Ho¬ 
rat. placenta. — Also, in general, sweet 
as honey. Plin. succus. - IT Figur. 
sweet, delicious, charming, delightful. Ca- 
tull. oculi. Apul. savium. °Id. Melli- 
tissimum savium. 
MeLLoNX, or MELLoNIX (Id.), te, f. the 
goddess of bees and honey. Augustin, and 
Anwb. 
M kLL 5 P It o X1M 0 S {ptXXw & proxi- 
3 mus), i, m. one who will be proximus 
scriniorum in the year following. Cod. 
Justin. 
MeLLoSOS (mel), a, um, adj. full of 
3 529 
honey, like honey. Cael. Aurel. dul- 
cedo. 
MEL 8 , onis, m. the river Nile. Auson. 
MeL5 (pyXov), onis, m. a melon, or a kind 
3 of small melon. Pallad. 
MELoDiSS (peXiiSys), is, m. a pleasing 
3 singer. Sidon. 
MELoDIX (pcXcoSia), ce, f .apleasant songj 
3 melody, harmony. Martian. Capell. 
MELoDOS (peXcodds), a, um, adj. singing 
3 sweetly or charmingly, melodious. Pru¬ 
dent.. 
MEL 8 F 8 LIUM (prjXoy & folium), ii, n. an 
2 apple having a leaf on its side. Plin. 
MEL 8 .MELI (pyXbpeXi), n. the sirup of 
quinces preserved m honey, quithlany, mar¬ 
malade. Colum. Al. leg. melimeli. 
MEL8PEP5 {pyXoireiuov), onis, m. a melon 
or garden-cucumber; a sort cf pompion 
like a quince ; a musk-melon. Plin. 
MEL 8 S (psAoj), n. song, melody, harmo- 
3 ny, verse, music; a song, tune, lay. Ho¬ 
rat. — The plural mele (peXy) occurs in 
Lucret. — As a masculine, it is found in 
Cato. ap. Non. Quosdam melos. So, 
also, accus. mclum, in Pacuv. 
MEL 8 S, or MELOS, i, f. an island of the 
JEgcan sea, now Milo. — Hence, Me¬ 
lius, a, um. Cic — And Melinus, a, 
um. See Melinus. 
MkLoTIIRSN (priXwdpov), i, n. same as 
Vitis Alba. Plin. 21, 39. 
MeLP 8 MENe (MeXiro/ievq), es, f. one of 
the Muses. She presided over tragedy. 
Horace has addressed the finest of his 
odes to her, as to the patroness of lyric 
poetry 
MeMBRaNX (membrum), as, f. a web of 
fibres woven together to cover parts of the 
body, a membrane, vpyv, Sep/its. Cic. 
Natura oculos membranis tenuissimis 
vestivit. Cels, cerebri, the skin covering 
the brain, meninges. — Also, the thin skin 
of fruits, as of chestnuts, walnuts, Plin., 
of flax, Id.; of eggs, Id. -II In gen¬ 
eral, the skin of any thing, as, of ser¬ 
pents, slough. Cic. — Also°ffl skin dressed 
for writing, parchment. Horat. and Ca- 
tull. — So, also, plur. Membranas, tablets 
of parchment, writing tablets. Quintil. 
Membranarum usus.-II Fig. thesur- 
face of any thing. Lucret. coloris. 
MeMBRaNaCEOS (membrana), a, um, 
2 adj. consisting of a membrane or skin, mem¬ 
braneous, membranaceous, filmy. Plin. 
-IT Also, like a skin or membrane. 
Plin. 
MeMBRaNEOS (Id.), a, um, made of 
3 parchment. Pandect. 
MeMBRaNOLX (Id.), a;, f. a little mem- 
1 brane. Cels, oculi. -IT Also, parch¬ 
ment. Cic. — Plur. Membranul®, Pan¬ 
dect., a writing or instrument on parch¬ 
ment. 
MeMBRaTIM (membrum), adv. from, 
limb to limb, limb by limb. Lucret. deper- 
dere sensum. Plin. caedere, h. e. in 
pieces. -IT Figur. by pieces, one by one, 
one after the other, singly. Varr. enu- 
merare.-IT Cic. Membratim dicere, 
h. e. per membra, in short sentences (per 
KwXa) of from nine to seventeen syllables. 
MeMBRaTORX (membro), ae, f. the for 
2 motion or structure of the limbs, constitu¬ 
tion of the body. Vitruv. 
MeMBRS (membrum), as, a. 1. to limb. 
3 Censorin. 
MeMBRoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. having 
3 large members. Priap. Membrosior, 
h. e. majori mentula praditus. 
MeMBRUM (unc.), i, n. a member, limb, 
yeXos, KtoXov, as, the hand, foot. Terent 
and Cic. — Also, for Mentula. Priap. 
So, also, Membra. Ovid. — Memlna 
may frequently be rendered body. Te¬ 
rent. and Virg. -II Figur. a member, 
h. e. part of a whole, as, Cic. of a 
house. Ovid, of a ship. Cic. philoso¬ 
phise. — Hence, a part of a discourse, a 
clause or colon. Cic. 
MeMECyLSN {pyptKvXov), i, n. the fruit 
of the arbute or strawberry-tree. Plin. 
MEMET. See Ego and Met. 3 
MEMINi (the perfect of the obsolete verb 
memino, which corresponds to the 
Greek pepvoi, pvaco, I represent to my 
mind), isti, defect. 3. to have retained in 
one's memory, to remember, recollect, pe- 
pvypai. With a genii. Cic. Also, 
with the accus. both of the thing and 
of the person. Cic. Also, with other 
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