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Melite
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Mélite
English
Proper noun
en An ancient <<city>> in what is now <<c/Malta>>.
Latin
Etymology
la grc Μελῐ́τη, q.v.
Pronunciation
melitē
Proper noun
Melitē<1.sg.Greek.loc>
la city r/Magnesia
la Plin. 4 32 Thessaliae adnexa Magnesia est, cuius fons Libethra, oppida Iolcus, Ormenium, Pyrra, Methone, Olizon, promunturium Sepias, oppida Castana, Spalathra, promunturium Aeantium, oppida Meliboea, Rhizus, Erymnae, ostium Penii, oppida Homolium, Orthe, Iresiae, Pelinna, Thaumacie, Gyrton, Crannon, Acharne, Dotion, Melite, Phylace, Potniae.
la Melita
Declension
Melitē<1.sg.Greek.loc>
Descendants
en Melite
Further reading
Mĕlĭtē
Mĕlĭtē 962 3
Middle French
Etymology
From frm la Melita.
Proper noun
f
Malta (island)
frm 1575 Cosmographie universelle https://books.google.com/books?id=UVRlAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1877 1877 Les Pelagies (il le dit pour les diſtinguer des Lotophagites) iſles Africanes ſont celles cy Coßire iſle, & cité, Glaucon, (c’est Gozo) iſle, & cité, & Melite, (c’est Malthe) en laquelle y a cité.
Descendants
fr Mélite