μέλκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius.

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, with cognates such as Old Church Slavonic млѣко (mlěko), Lithuanian malkas, and Latvian malks.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ci.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ci.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ci.on/

Noun

μέλκιον • (mélkion)

(hapax) spring, fountain
Synonym: κρήνη (krḗnē)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Μ:
  μέλκιον· κρήνη. νύμφαι. παίγνιον
  mélkion; krḗnē. númphai. paígnion
  mélkion: spring (in: "Nymphs" (poem))

Further reading

“μέλκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μέλκιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Hesychius' Lexicon: μ

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