See also: Μέλισσα

Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

Potentially haplologized from *μελιλίχια (*melilíkhia), from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (honey) + *leyǵʰ- (lick). Compare Albanian bletë and Sanskrit मधुलिह् (madhulih).

Alternatively from Proto-Hellenic *meliťťa, equivalent to μέλιτ- (mélit-) +‎ -ια (-ia).

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μέλισσᾰ (mélissaf (genitive μελίσσης); first declension

  1. bee
  2. (poetic) honey
  3. poet (from their culling of sweet things from nature)
  4. priestess at Delphi
  5. (Neoplatonist philosophy) any pure being

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  • Greek: μέλισσα (mélissa)
  • Translingual: Melissa

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa).

Compare Mariupol Greek мелы́ш (mjelýš), милиш (miliš).

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Noun edit

μέλισσα (mélissaf (plural μέλισσες)

  1. bee

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