A.from the island of Meios, Melian, Thgn.672, Th.3.91, etc.; λιμὸς M., prov. of famine, because of the extremities to which the island was reduced at its siege, Ar.Av.186.
II.ἡΜηλία, with or without γῆ, a greyish aluminous earth, which painters mixed with mineral colours, to give them consistency, Dsc.5.159 (γῆ