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Mĕlĭboea, ae, f., = Μελίβοια,

  1. I. a maritime town of Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Ossa, the birthplace of Philoctetes, now Kastri, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 7, 16, § 32; Liv. 36, 13, 6; 44, 13.
    Hence,
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Mĕlĭboeus, a, um, adj., Melibœan: purpura, Lucr. 2, 500; Verg. A. 5, 251.
    2. B. Mĕlĭboeensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Melibœa, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 251.

1. Mĕlĭboeus, i, m., = Μελίβοιος, name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 1, 6.

2. Mĕlĭboeus, a, um, v. Meliboea, II. A.