melota

mēlōta, ae, or mēlōtē, ōs, f., = μηλωτή,

• a sheepskin (with the wool on): circumierunt in melotis, in pellibus caprinis, Vulg. Heb. 11, 37; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 76. —Collat. form, mēlōtes, Isid. 19, 24, 19; and mēlōtis, idis, f., Ambros. Ep. 15, 9.

mēlōta, ae, f. od. -ē, ēs, f. (μηλωτή), das Schaffell (samt der Wolle), Vulg. Hebr. 11, 37. Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 4, 76. – Nbf. mēlōtēs, Isid. orig. 19, 24, 19: Akk. meloten pelliciam, Augustin. serm. 43, 1 Mai. – u. mēlōtis, tidis, f. (*μηλωτίς), Ambros. epist. 15, 9.

melota, ~es, ~is [LL < μηλωτή] 1 sheepskin, goatskin, or sim. ~is, pellis simplex ex uno latere †deperdens [l. dependens] GlC M 129; barym skyn, milotes, -tis ‥ ~a, -e PP. 2 cloak or mantle made of sheepskin, goatskin, or sim.; b (w. ref. to Hebr. xi 37). dum ‥ spoliare se ~e [gl.: veste, scrude] et amiculis erubesceret Aldh. VirgP 37 p. 286; in somnis apparuit quadam nocte cuidam venerabili matronae, nivea indutus ~e ac talari veste Lantfr. Swith. 10; crede, o pater reverende, nequaquam deterior mens Deo aspirante sub hoc habitabit tegmine quam sub caprina ~e Gosc. Edith 70; utebatur ad nudum asperimo cilicio; deinde ~e ex pellibus caprinis confecto J. Furness Kentig. 13; gylle, fowle cloth, ~a, -e ‥ vel ~es, -tis PP; ~a, A. a sclavayn WW.  b horum nullus circuit orbem in melotis Ps.-Map 41. 51. 3 badger; (v. et. melis). est et his taxus, qui et ~a dicitur animal mordax et immundum, mollia frequentans et montana Gir. TH I 25; simili ‥ nature artificio ‥ meloti utuntur Id. IK II 3 p. 115; revertentes ~e ‥ fedatam domum fedo hospiti [sc. vulpi] ‥ relinquunt Neckam NR II 127; lepus aquam benedictam portavit ‥ hirci campanas pulsaverunt, ~es foveam fecerunt Latin Stories 58.

mēlōta, æ, ou -lōtē, ēs et -lōtēs, æ ou -lōtis, ĭdis, (μηλωτή), peau de brebis servant de vêtement : Vulg. Hebr. 11, 37 || Isid. Orig. 19, 24, 19 || Ambr. Ep. 15, 9.

*melota, ae. f.
綿羊皮。

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