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μείλγμα , ατος, τό, (μειλίσσω)
A.that which soothes, μειλίγματα θυμοῦ scraps with which the master appeases the hunger of his dogs, Od.10.217; “μειλίγματα προσφέρειν” E.Fr.1053: sg., Nic.Fr.75: metaph., “γλώσσης ἐμῆς μ. καὶ θελκτήριον” A.Eu.886; “μ. νούσου” Nic.Th.896; “λύπης” Ph.2.28 (pl.); “τῆς ὀργῆς” Plu.Pomp.47; πλούτου μειλίγματα Epic.Oxy.1015.19.
2. pl., propitiatory offerings to the dead, A. Ch.15, Eu.107, Parth.12.1, Ant.Lib.25.5.
3. darling, fondling, Χρυσηΐδων μ., of Agamemnon, A.Ag.1439.
II. soothing song, “λιγεῶν μειλίγματα Μουσέων” Theoc.22.221.
2. pl., μ. θρασειῶν μεταφορῶν phrases which soften bold metaphors, Longin.32.3.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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