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

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ci.on/ → /ˈmel.ci.on/

• (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)

1. (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