μέλι
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
βλίττειν
Transliteration (Word)
blittō
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
meli
Century
9 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
beta 148
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992
Quotation
Βλίττειν· ἀφαιρεῖν τὸ μέλι ἀπὸ τῶν κηρίων, ἐκπιέζειν καὶ θλίβειν· ... παρὰ τὸ μέλι μελίζω καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ μ εἰς τὸ β διὰ τὴν ἀσυνταξίαν βλίζω καὶ Ἀττικῶς βλίττω