Mĕlĭboea, ae, f., = Μελίβοια,
I a maritime town of Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Ossa, the birthplace of Philoctetes , now Kastri , Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 7, 16, § 32; Liv. 36, 13, 6; 44, 13.—Hence,
II Derivv.
A Mĕlĭboeus , a, um, adj., Meliboean : purpura, Lucr. 2, 500; Verg. A. 5, 251.—
B Mĕlĭboeensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Meliboea , Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 251.