μελίφρων

meliphron

sweet to the mind, delicious

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

234
Book 6 1
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6264
Book 8 3
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8188
8506
8546
Book 24 1
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24284
Odyssey 5
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7182
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10356
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1353
Book 15 1
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15148
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24489

Dictionary (LSJ)

μελίφρων, ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν) A. sweet to the mind, delicious, ὕπνος Il. 2.34, B. Fr. 3.10; οἶνος Il. 6.264, Od. 7.182, etc.; μ. θυμός Hes. Sc. 428; νόστος Simon. 119; σκόλιον Pi. Fr. 122.11; μ. αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε Id. N. 7.11; μ. δεσμὸν ἐρώτων Coluth. 95. II. Act., whose care is honey, Ἀρισταῖος A.R. 4.1132.

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