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1. Mēlo, ōnis, m., old Latin name for the Nile: Melo nomine alio Nilus vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. id. p. 7 and p. 18; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 291: Melonis alba filia, i. e. the paper-reed growing in the Nile, Aus. Epist. 4, 75.
† 2. mēlo, ōnis, m., = μῆλον, an apple-shaped melon, for melopepo, Pall. 4, 9, 6; Vop. Carin. 17.
† 1. mĕlos, i, n. (Greek plur. mele, Lucr. 2, 412.
In masc.: quosdam melos, Cato ap. Non. 213, 17; so Pac. and Varr. ib.), = μέλος, a tune, air, strain, song, lay (ante-class. and poet.): suave summum melos, Naev. ap. Non. 213, 11: quosdam melos, Cato ap. Non. 77, 7: Silvani melo Consimilis cantus, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89: longum, Hor. C. 3, 4, 2: Pegaseium, Pers. prol.
Greek plur.: cui brevia mela modifica recino, Aus. Parent. 27.
2. Mēlos, i, f., = Μῆλος, an island in the Ægean Sea, one of the Cyclades, now Milo, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.
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