meilivssw , Ep. inf. meilissevmen : f. xw : ( meivlia ):— to make mild, to appease, propitiate, puro;" meilissevmen to appease [the dead] by fire, i.e. by funeral rites, Il.; ojrga;" m . Eur.:—Med. to use soothing words, mhdev tiv mÆ aijdovmeno" meilivsseo mhdÆ ejleaivrwn extenuate not aught from respect or pity to me, Od. Hence meiliciva
meiliciva
meiliØciva , Ion. -ivh , hJ , gentleness, softness, meilicivh polevmoio lukewarmness in battle, Il.
meilivcio"
meilivcio" , a, on , ( meilivssw ) gentle, mild, soothing, meilicivoi" ejpevessi, m. muvqoi" Hom.; and without Subst., prosauda`n meilicivoisi to address with gentle words, Il.; aijdoi` meilicivh/ Od., Hes.; neut. as Adv., gently, Mosch.
II. gracious, Zeu;" Meilivcio" the protector of those who invoked him with propitiatory offerings, Thuc., Xen.
III. meilivcia potav propitiatory drink-offerings, or (as others) honied drinks, honey being mixed in the drink-offerings, Soph.
meilicovghru"
meiliØcov-ghru" , u , gen. uo" , soft-voiced, Tyrtae.
meivlico"
meivliØco" , on , gentle, kind, like meilivcio" , Hom., etc.; c. gen., [Artemi" m. wjdivnwn soother of pangs, Anth. ; to; meivlicon gentleness, Theogn.; ta; meivlica joys, Pind.
mei`nai
mei`nai , aor. I inf. of mevnw .
mei`nan
mei`nan, mei`ne , Ep. for e[meinan, e[meine , 3 pl. and sing. aor. I of mevnw .
mei`on
mei`on , ono", tov , neut. of meivwn . less.
II. mei`on, tov , the lamb which was offered at the Apaturia, when a boy was enrolled in his fratriva . It was to be of a certain weight; and the fravtere" , whose perquisite it was, used to cry out mei`on, mei`on , too light! cf. meiagwgevw .
meionektevw
meion-ektevw , f. hvsw , ( e[cw ) to have too little, to be poor, Xen.: to be worse off, come short, Id.; c. gen. rei, to be short of a thing, Id.
meionexiva
meionexiva , hJ , disadvantage, Xen.
meiovnw"
meiovnw", meiovtero" , v. meivwn .
meiovw