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Mīlētus (-tos ), i, f., = Μίλητος,
I.the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness: “paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,
A. Mīlēsĭus , a, um, adj., = Μιλήσιος, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian: “Milesia mulier,Cic. Clu. 11, 32: “vellera,Verg. G. 3, 306: “lana,Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33: “rosa,id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19: “Ceres,Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—
B. Subst.
1. Mīlēsĭa , ae, f., Miletus: “propter Milesiae conditorem,App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—
2. Mīlēsii , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9; “hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413: “sermo Milesius,obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae , ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—
b. -lētis , ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian: “Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.9.2
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 11.32
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.306
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.16
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 29.33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 39
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.10
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.1.5
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