Melita

Mĕlĭta, ae, or Mĕlĭtē, ēs, f., = Μελίτη.

I The isle of Malta , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92.—

II An island off the coast of Dalmatia , now Meleda , Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152; Ov. F. 3, 567.—

III A city of Ionia , Vitr. 4, 1.—

IV A city of Cappadocia , Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8.—

V A seanymph , Verg. A. 5, 825.

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

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Melita
affording honey ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Melita
(Acts 27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was bein...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Melita
(honey), the modern Malta. This island lies in the Mediterranean 60 miles south of Cape Passaro in S...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary