melinus
mēlīnus, a, um, adj. [1. meles],
- of or belonging to the marten; only subst. (sc. crumena): mēlīna, ae, f., a purse or wallet of marten-skin, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 20 (20).
mĕlĭnus, a, um, adj. [mel],
- of or belonging to honey, honey-; only subst.: mĕlĭna, ae, f., mead: melinam promere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51 (744) (al. mellinam); id. Ep. 1, 1, 21 (21) (al. mellina).
mēlĭnus, a, um, adj., = μήλινος, of or belonging to quinces, quince-; quinceyellow; only as subst.: mēlĭnum, i, n.
- I (Sc. oleum.) Quince-oil, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 11; 23, 6, 54, § 103.—
- II (Sc. unguentum.) Quince-ointment, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 5.—
- III An eye-salve, Inscr. Tochōn, Cachets des Ocul. p. 61.—
- IV (Sc. vestimentum.) A quince-yellow garment, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 49 (229).
1. mēlinus, a, um (μήλινος, von μῆλον, Apfel), von Quitten od. Quittenäpfeln, oleum, Öl aus den Blüten der Quitten, Plin.: vinum, Cael. Aar. – subst., mēlinum, ī, n., Quittenöl, Plin. 13, 5.
3. melīnus, a, um, richtiger mellinus, w. s.
4. mēlīnus, a, um (2. meles), vom Marder od. vom Dachs, pellis, Marder- od. Dachsfell, Edict. Diocl. 8, 29.
Melchior, senex et canus ‥ tunica hyacinthina sagoque mileno ‥ Caspar, juvenis imberbis, rubicundus, milenica tunica
agrestis ‥ flosmos ‥ circa virgas flores aurosos habet aut mellinos
mellinus color medicine necessarius est
speragus ‥ confert ‥ florem mellinum sicut leucium
haliaetos ‥ magnitudine milvi est, capite albis et fuscis distincto lineis, ut ~o
melinus [? l. melanus, i. e. μέλαν ] color, nigrus
1 mēlĭnus, a, um (μήλινος), de coing, de fleur de coing : Plin. 13, 11 ; 23, 103.
Tinctio melina, apud Mabill. tom. 1. Itin. Ital. pag. 189.
et optimus, quod ejus vis metalli per
insulas Cyclades Melo dicitur, ut habet Anonymus de Re architectonica cap. 27. ex
Vitruvio lib. 7. cap. 7. ubi Philander.Vela loricata Melinoporphyra uncinata duo. Hinc etiam voxCausa memoriæ dilectionis quæ inter nos est, misimus per prædictos missos
nostros prasinovultim unum, Milinovultim unum, Tyria duo, blattas veras duas, dirhodina
duo, etc. Ubi melius melinovultim, ut fuerit pannus nescio quis lutei coloris ut
prasinovultim, viridis. Si Græca suppeterent, fortasse vera notio erui posset : verum ne et quis conjecturam nostram hac in re desideret, addam eam quam Fortunatus noster suppeditat
Aureus ordo crocis, violis hinc blatteus exit,
Coccinus hinc rubicat, lacteus inde nivet.
Stat prasino-Venetus, pugnant et flore colores,
Inque loco pacis herbida bella putes.
Ex hoc, inquam, loco licet augurari, vultimhic pro
Venetusmale effingi, ut in Græcis voces istæ barbaricæ sic scriptæ fuerint
Rhodomelinus, in eadem Charta Cornutiana, de qua suo loco, ut et
Coccomelinus, in eadem Donatione.
mēlĭnus, a, um: mela cotogna.