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Melita
ME´LITA(Μελίτη: Eth. Μελιταῖος, Melitensis: Malta), an island in the Mediterranean sea, to the S. of...

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Melita
Mĕlĭta, ae, or Mĕlĭtē, ēs, f., = Μελίτη. I The isle of Malta , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103; Plin. ...

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